• Border Policeman Dies, Police Lie About Cause

    By Jonathan Lis July 4th http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/595276.html A Border Policeman died yesterday after suddenly collapsing while policing the separation fence near Har Adar, outside Jerusalem. Police initially said that Natan Yasais, 21, of Lod had been hit by a rock thrown by a Palestinian. However, hospital officials said they saw no signs of him having been…

  • IDF officer arrests Israeli cameraman

    By Meron Rapaport July 4th http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/595280.html An Israel Defense Forces deputy brigade commander confiscated the Government Press Office-issued press card of an Israeli journalist, informing him that he was revoking his card and ordering that he be arrested for terming him “insolent.” The director of the Association of Israeli Journalists, Yossi Bar-Moha, defined the incident…

  • Israeli army enforced collective punishment

    By: Nijmie IWPS Date of incident: July 1, 2005 Place: Hares Witness/es: Villagers On the evening of Friday July 1, the Israeli army entered the village of Hares with two jeeps. The jeeps stationed themselves at the entrance to the village, and the soldiers proceeded to prevent any Palestinian resident, whether on foot or by…

  • Israeli army takes seven boys and young men from Marda village.

    By: Nijmie, IWPS Date of incident: July 4, 2005 Place: Marda, Salfit district Witness/es: Marda residents, IWPS On the afternoon of Monday July 4, the Israeli army entered the village of Marda with approximately eight jeeps. They proceed to round up youths they accused of throwing rocks at soldiers who were guarding the building of…

  • OPEN THE MAS’HA GATE – A Call to Action

    PLEASE, MAKE PHONE CALLS AND/OR SEND FAXES: (This is an example which gets to our attention. Getting one gate for one village opened is worth a few minutes of your time — and it DOES work sometimes – no less than participation in protests on the ground. Sometimes even more!) – Adam Keller & Beate…