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Immatin, West Bank under curfew as punishment for non-violent resistance
Military jeeps invaded Immatin early this morning and announced curfew until 6 PM. One of the soldiers told an international volunteer that the area would be opened when work on the wall for today was completed. However, some of the villagers defied the curfew to perform Friday prayer at the village mosque. Soldiers surrounded the…
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Salfit District Week of Non-violent Resistance
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Where: Salfit District, West Bank When: Saturday, July 16 – Thursday, July 21, 2005 Residents of the Salfit District join with international and Israeli peace activists to hold a week of non-violent resistance actions from Saturday, July 16 through Thursday, July 21. These actions are organized by the Popular Committee Against the…
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46 killed, 462 injured, 1249 arrested in three months
Saed Bannoura, IMEMC & Agencies The Palestinian Ministry of Interior issued a new report on the continuous military violations carried out by the Israeli army in the occupied territories between March 1 and June 30, 2005. In dozens of military invasions and operations carried out by the army in the Palestinian territories, 46 Palestinian residents…
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All Eyes On Gaza Disengagement
What May Come After the Evacuation of Jewish Settlers from the Gaza Strip? A Warning from Israel By Uri Davis, Ilan Pappe, and Tamar Yaron We feel that it is urgent and necessary to raise the alarm regarding what may come during and after evacuation of Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip occupied by Israel…
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Beyond the wall
Something is astir in Bilin — mass Palestinian demonstrations based on non-violence and Israeli participation. Graham Usher reports from the West Bank village weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/751/re1.htm Sheikh Taysir Al-Tammimi, one of the leading Islamic clerics in the West Bank, gently pulls away the barbed wire that has been laid before him. He then spreads out his prayer…
