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“Like the Wild West:” Ex-prisoner lives with bounty on his head
by Alistair George 13 December 2011 | International Solidarity Movement West Bank “I see my situation as a cowboy film, like the wild west” says Hani Jaber, showing ISM a poster, written in Arabic saying: ‘Wanted: if anyone has any information about the whereabouts of the killer Hani Jaber, please call us on this number and you will receive a reward.’ The number goes through to an answer machine where the message instructs callers to leave…
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Khan Al-Ahmar: Forced expulsion of Bedouins from Area C
by Alistair George 13 December 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank “From the 1970’s until today, the Israelis used to demolish our tents and houses but not to deport us” says Abu Hamis, a member of the Jahalin Bedouin tribe . “We used to rebuild our places but the new policy which they are adopting is that they want to not only demolish the houses, but to deport us from the area.” Abu Hamis lives…
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New report documents children under fire in Gaza
13 December 2011 | AlertNet Twenty-eight cases of children being shot at by the border fence between Israel and the Gaza strip whilst gathering building materials like gravel, or working by the fence, have been documented by Defence for Children International in their latest report ‘Children of Gravel’. The shootings reportedly took place between March 26 2010 and October 3, 2011, according to Defence for Children International (DCI)-Palestine Section . According to DCI, the Israeli soldiers…
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