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Israeli forces open fire on Palestinian farmers and internationals in Al Faraheen

5th February 2009 Israeli soldiers open fire on Palestinian farmers and international Human Rights Workers twice in three days Israeli soldiers again opened fire on Palestinian farmers and international Human Rights Workers (HRWs) on Thursday 5th February, as they attempted to harvest parsley in agricultural land near the Green Line. Returning to farm-land of Al […]

February 6, 2009
NLG Members in Gaza Document Executions of Civilians, Blocking of Humanitarian Aid, and Destruction of Civil Property

National Lawyers Guild For Immediate Release—February 5, 2009 Contact: Paige Cram, NLG Communications Coordinator, 212-679-5100, ext.15 Gaza—On its second day in Gaza, the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) delegation witnessed the rubble of the American International School in Gaza. An Israeli aerial attack killed the watch guard on duty and completely demolished the school at 2am […]

February 5, 2009
Mysterious arrests in Awarta

3rd February 2009 Thursday 29th of January, about one hundred illegal Israeli settlers entered the small village Awarta close to Nablus at about 11pm. The soldiers forced the villagers not to move by stating that they would kill everyone who did so. This lasted until dawn the next day. On Tuesday 3rd of February, between […]

February 5, 2009