• Border Police enter home And beat Palestinians and 75 year old Australian volunteer

    By Jane Baruch Marzel’s Mug shot Living in the settlement building just up the road a few hundred yards from the violent episode described below is Baruch Marzel, extreme right winger, well known for his hatred of Arabs and support for transferring all Palestinians to Jordan. His wife and son are among the worst for…

  • Thousands of olive trees to be planted in land day demonstrations

    On Land Day, Thursday March 30, thousands of Palestinians, along with Israeli and International activists will hold a series of large-scale peaceful protests. Demonstrations against ongoing Israeli land confiscation have been planned in the villages of Beit Sira (Ramallah area), Zabda (Jenin area), Rafat (Salfit area) and Tulkarem city (Tulkarem area) with marches alongside the…

  • Palestinians, U.S. citizen complain of Hebron settler violence

    By Amos Harel and Michal Greenberg, Haaretz Correspondents for Haaretz Several Palestinians and an American volunteer in the West Bank on Sunday filed complaints with the police, accusing settlers of violence toward Palestinians in the Hebron area on Saturday, after three people were wounded in two separate incidents. In one of the incidents, Palestinians said…

  • HUMAN RIGHTS WORKER ATTACKED NEAR HEBRON SETTLEMENT

    Jewish settlers attacked American Human Rights’ activist Brian Morgan, outside the Beit Haddasah settlement on Saturday March 25. About 20 settlers, adults and children as young as eight years, kicked, punched and hit Morgan on the head with rocks. He later received sutures in hospital in Tel Aviv. An Israeli soldier at his post outside…

  • Notice at Kalandia Checkpoint: Al Ram is Now Israel

    On Saturday March 25 Israeli military placed a notice at the Kalandia checkpoint announcing that from March 27, 2006 only holders of a permit to enter Israel will be allowed to cross the checkpoint to the West Bank village of Al Ramm. By restricting Palestinian access in this way, the Israelis have effectively annexed the…