• Villagers of Jab’a to Work Their Land After Settler Vandalism

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Over two days, Thursday the 25th and Friday the 26th of May, the villagers of Jab’a, south-west of Bethlehem will attempt to access and work their land, from 9am till 3pm.The villagers will bring agricultural equipment to develop the over-grown land. Settler intimidation and violence had, until very recently, prevented them from…

  • Tomorrow: Solidarity Meeting Against Land Confiscation in Asira, Nablus

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE At 1:30pm tomorrow (Wednesday the 24th of May) the people of Asira, near Nablus, will be joined by Israeli and international supporters in holding a meeting in solidarity with the owners of land that the Israeli military is about to confiscate. The aim of the meeting is to ask for an official…

  • ICAHD: “Don’t Say ‘We Didn’t Know’”

    A message from the Israeli committee against home demolitions: A few years ago Zakya from the village Zita donated a kidney to her brother. It didn’t help and he passed away due to delays in the granting of permits for continuation of the treatments. This was at the beginning of the Intifada. Today Zakya’s income…

  • How Many Escorts Does it Take to Get 3 Children Home?

    “When are we going to get a reality show in Tel Rumeida?” by Shlomo Bloom HRWs (the two women in vests) try to escort Palestinian kids (left) through a razor wire fence while settlers (background) and Israeli activists (foreground) look on 20th May 2006: How many people does it require to escort three Palestinian children…

  • YNet op-ed: “Mr. Occupation Saw the Light”

    From the Hebrew edition of Ynet. Translation by Rann. With his own hands and orders Brigadier General Ilan Paz deepened the suffering in the Occupied Territories. Surprisingly, the political realization and moral insight broke through moments after he returned his equipment. And he’s not the first… “Nothing good can come out of the humiliation of…