• The Israeli army’s cooperation with settlers in Hebron increases pressure on Palestinian residents

    Sunday, the 29th of October – 15 Israeli soldiers invaded the house of the Samouh-family in Hebron. Its 22 members share three apartments in their house in Tel Rumeida, opposite the Beit Hadesa Settlement. Claiming a search for weapons, the soldiers forced their way into the apartments. From 12.00 to 15.00 the family-members were detained outside the house, while the soldiers turned the apartments upside down, destroyed the furniture and consecrated two Korans. An estimated 2000…

  • Former Iraq hostage, assaulted, unlawfully deported by Israel for human rights work, files official complaint

    AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND – Harmeet Singh Sooden, who was held hostage in Iraq for four months in 2005-2006, has filed an official complaint to the governments of Canada and New Zealand and the United Nations for human rights violations committed against him by the Government of Israel in the course of denying him entry to the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Mr Sooden travelled to Israel on 14 June 2008 to work as a human rights defender with…

  • Israeli army shoot resident of Ni’lin in back of the neck with live ammunition

    A 20 year old resident of the village of Ni’lin was shot in the back of the neck by Israeli forces at around 5:30am. Mohammed Srour was shot in the neck with live ammunition as Israeli forces invaded the village, coming from the construction site. He is currently in Sheikh Zaide hospital where his condition is not severe. Another resident, Nabil Nafar, was beaten by Israeli forces who broke his upper arm. Two more residents were…

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