• Arafat marches in Bil’in

    1. Continuing arrests and IDF harassment in Bil’in: 1 beating, arrest of the Bear 2. Tel Rumeida settlement expands during olive harvest while Knesset tour area 3. Bil’in on anniversary of Arafat’s death: link to World peace struggles 4. Bil’in demonstrators: 14-year-old hit in the head by rubber bullet (Haaretz story) 5. IDF Gives Settler…

  • Israeli Military Attacks Civilian Houses in Nablus

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE This morning, international Human Rights Observers based in the Nablus area witnessed the direct aftermath of what the Israeli military is calling an “arrest operation” – a path of destruction and houses destroyed by gunfire and grenades. To the Palestinians of the Al Maskew and Al Shabir neighborhoods of Nablus, it seemed…

  • Bil’in demonstrators: 14-year-old hit in the head by rubber bullet

    From Ha’aretz A 14-year-old demonstrator was hit by a rubber bullet in the head in clashes with security forces during what has become Friday’s weekly protest against the separation fence near the West Bank of Bil’in, demonstrators said. The teen was taken to hospital and his uncondition is still unknown. Five Israel Defense Forces troops…

  • Bil’in Boy Shot in Head with Rubber Coated Bullet

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Today, Friday November 11, 2005, in the village of Bil’in, the Israeli army attacked a peaceful gathering of Palestinian, Israeli and International peace activists who were dancing and singing blocking construction of Israel’s separation wall which annexes large parts of the West Bank, including 60% of Bil’in’s agricultural land. During the attack…

  • Settlers Attack Olive Pickers in Tel Rumeida

    Armed settlers from Tel Rumeida today repeatedly attacked 4 Palestinian families as they tried to harvest their olives in Tel Rumeida today. The Palestinians, accompanied by 4 members of the Christian Peacemaker Teams and 3 ISMers were initially attacked in the morning, by a group of settler kids throwing stones. By the afternoon, Baruch Marzel…