• Ni’lin demonstrates against the Apartheid Wall

    31 July 2009 At 1 pm, after the Friday prayer, approximately 75 protesters internationals  and Israeli activist joined the inhabitants of Ni’lin  in their weekly demonstration against the illegal Apartheid wall which Israel has built on Ni’lin land. The demonstration walked along one of the roads from the village towards the wall. When the demonstration…

  • Israeli forces kidnap 2 Ni’lin residents

    29 July 2009 In the early morning on Wednesday 29 the brothers Saeed Attallah Ameerah , 24, and Ahmed Attallah Ameerah, 22, were brutally kidnapped from their home. At 5 am, dozens of soldiers surrounded their house and pounded on their door. Ahmed opened and was immediately grabbed by the soldiers , beaten, handcuffed and…

  • Bil’in demonstrates against nightly raids

    Bil’in Popular Committee 30 July 2009 On Wednesday night, July 29, one hundred villagers of Bil’in along with their International and Israeli supporters conducted a Protest March against the IDF’s nightly raids and detaining of Palestinian villagers. The protest march began in the village of Bil’in, but buoyed by peace songs, chants, and flashlight-lit containers…

  • Bil’in under attack

    Alternative Information Center (AIC) 30 July 2009 Five years ago the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued its advisory opinion declaring that the Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory is illegal and should be dismantled. After five years of silence and complicity by the international community in perpetrating this crime, several villages across the Occupied…

  • International movements breaking the siege on Gaza

    Suzanne Morrison | Common Dreams 28 July 2009 Since June 2007 the Israeli government has imposed almost complete closure over the Gaza Strip. The siege prevents nearly all movement of people or goods to and from the coastal region with only minimal amounts of humanitarian provisions inconsistently allowed in. With the exception of a small…