• Boy killed in hit-and-run on Israeli only road, Nablus

    Photos by Nedal Ishtayeh At approximately 5pm on Monday 7th April, a Palestinian shepherd boy was killed in a hit-and-run incident by an Israeli settler bus near the city of Nablus. The 15 year old boy, Sharif Badjas Ishtayeh, from the nearby village of Salim, was struck by the bus on road 557 – an Israeli-only road that connects Huwarra checkpoint with the illegal Israeli settlement of Elon Moreh. Seven of his sheep and one donkey…

  • Demonstration against apartheid road 443

    On 4th April around 200 Palestinians, joined by Israelis and internationals, held a non-violent demonstration on Road 443 following the recent decision made by the Israeli High Court that effectively approves the prohibition of Palestinian movement on the road and it’s reservation for exclusive Israeli use (http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/966013.htmlRoad). Protesters marched from Khartabth Al-Misbah towards the road waving Palestinian flags, before being blocked by the Israeli army. Speeches were then made by prominent figures within the community denouncing…

  • Protests take place in Bil’in and Umm Salamona

    Umm Salamona The weekly demonstration against the wall in Umm salamuna gathered around 50 Palestinians and internationals on the 4th of April. The peaceful demonstration marched down the main street until it reached the entrance to the town where the Israeli military stopped the demonstrators using marble barbed wire. At the entrance the demonstrators chanted and there where a speech in English and Arabic, where they asked the military to leave so the demonstration could pass,…

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