• International human rights workers to accompany Palestinian farmers in Gazan ‘buffer zone’

    For Immediate Release: Sunday, 24 May 2009: Five international human rights workers from the ISM-Gaza Strip will be accompanying 10 farmers from Khoza’a as they harvest crops several hundred metres from the Green Line. In the morning, human rights workers will join Palestinian farmers in Khoza’a village, located east of Khan Younis in the southern…

  • Israeli forces shoot Ni’lin demonstrator in the head with tear-gas projectile

    22 May 2009 Residents of Ni’lin gathered in the olive groves near the village to hold the weekly prayer before the start of the demonstration at 12:30. Several speeches were made to commemorate the 1 year anniversary since Ni’lin’s resistance against the Apartheid Wall began. Israeli soldiers positioned themselves around the people praying. Several soldiers…

  • Israel destroying Gaza’s farmlands

    Eva Bartlett | Electronic Intifada 22 May 2009 On the morning of 4 May 2009, Israeli troops set fire to Palestinian crops along Gaza’s eastern border with Israel. The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) reported that 200,000 square meters of crops were destroyed, including wheat and barley ready for harvest, as well as vegetables,…

  • Armed soldiers, police, attempt to shut down Palestine Festival of Literature opening night

    Ma’an News Agency 23 May 2009 Israeli police and armed border officials shut down the Palestinian National Theater in East Jerusalem on Saturday, in an effort to quash the Palestine Festival of Literature and prevent international writer and poets from addressing Palestinians. The weeklong festival, sponsored in part by the British Council and UNESCO, was…

  • Three injured and dozens suffered teargas inhalation in Bil’in

    Bil’in Popular Committee 22 May 2009 Residents of Bil’in marched today after the Friday prayer in a protest joined by international and Israelis activists. Protesters carried Palestinian flags and posters of the martyr, Bassem Abu Rahmah and metal shields to protect them from rubber bullets and bombs, labeled with a picture of the martyr Abu…