• Israeli forces raid West Bank village of Bil’in, arresting 7 Palestinians and 1 American solidarity activist

    For Immediate Release 3 August 2009: Israeli forces raid West Bank village of Bil’in, arresting 7 Palestinians and 1 American solidarity activist. At around 3am on Monday morning, a large military force wearing combat paint and masks invaded Bil’in. Israeli soldiers raided several homes, arresting 2 Palestinian children, 5 Palestinian adults including Mohammad Khatib of…

  • US condemns evicition of east J’lem families

    Efrat Weiss | YNet News 3 August 2009 Some 200 leftists, including Arabs and Jews, protested the eviction of Palestinian families from their homes in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah in the early hours of Sunday morning. Clashes broke out between the demonstrators and security forces, and 13 people were arrested. Israeli police…

  • Israeli forces raid Bil’in, arrest eight

    Bil’in Popular Committee 3 August 2009 At 3am, the occupation forces invaded the village of Bil’in. A total of some 200 soldiers with combat paint in their faces and masks entered the village on foot at several points of entry. 5 homes were raided and a total of 8 people were arrested, 7 Palestinians and…

  • Israeli soldiers harass Susiyan herder

    1 August 2009 Yesterday while grazing his sheep, a Palestinian shepherd in Suseya near Yatta, was harrassed and threatened by two Israeli soldiers from a nearby military outpost. Jamal suffers daily from this type of harrassment on his own land. The soldiers forced him off his own land. Shortly before Jamal was due to take…

  • Israel evicts Palestinian families

    Al Jazeera 2 August 2009 Israeli security forces have forcibily evicted two Palestinian families from their homes in East Jerusalem after a court rejected an appeal against their eviction. The al-Ghawi and al-Hanoun families who were evicted on Sunday have been living in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood since 1956. Israel has reportedly set aside the…