• Israeli Army Continues Night-time Invasions of Hares

    by International Women’s Peace Services At approximately 12:30 a.m. two army jeeps entered the village of Hares and three army jeeps stationed themselves at the western entrance into the village. At approximately 1:30 a.m. soldiers entered the home of Yasser. They were able to open the door without breaking it. They proceeded to the roof,…

  • Report from Hares

    by International Women’s Peace Services Date of incidents: July 10, 2005 Place: Hares, Salfit district Witness/es: Hares residents Contact details: Contact IWPS Description of Incident On Sunday, July 10, Mohamad Mahmoud Daoud, 28 years old, was stopped and detained on the road from Hares to Nablus, near the town of Jit. Mohammed and his wife,…

  • Soldier Released After Admitting to Deliberately Firing at Palestinian

    by IMEMC & Agencies An Israeli soldier who admitted that he deliberately shot a Palestinian who was simply observing a peaceful protest has been released from custody. The incident took place two months ago in Bil’in, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, when the soldier fired and moderately injured a resident during a protest…

  • Palestinian Civil Society Calls for Boycott

    Divestment and Sanctions Against Israel Until it Complies with International Law and Universal Principles of Human Rights One year after the historic Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which found Israel’s Wall built on occupied Palestinian territory to be illegal, Israel continues its construction of the colonial Wall with total disregard to…

  • Is the World Blind: Two more families lose their homes in East Jerusalem today

    Merijn De Jong, Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) www.icahd.org/eng/news.asp?menu==5&submenu==1&item=$6 Two more families in East-Jerusalem lost their homes today and another two families had their belongings thrown out into the street as a new wave of house demolitions swept through Dahiat Al-Salaam and Silwan. In Dahiat Al-Salaam in East-Jerusalem, the Hannafiya family’s home was demolished…