Tag: Arrests
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Israeli soldiers scuffle with activists in WBank
Reuters 27 June 2009 Several people were wounded on Saturday in scuffles between Israeli soldiers and peace activists accompanying Palestinians to agricultural fields in the occupied West Bank, witnesses said. Palestinian witnesses said several people, including a Reuters photographer, were treated for bruises and minor wounds. The scuffles erupted when soldiers tried to prevent Israeli…
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Israeli forces arrest Israeli and international activists in Safa
For Immediate Release 27 June 2009: Israeli forces arrest 24 solidarity activists and 2 hired Palestinian Israeli drivers in the West Bank village of Saffa. At 7.30am, 35 Israeli and 10 international solidarity activists joined 3 Palestinian families from Beit Ummar to harvest their land. As the group tried to go down to their lands,…
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Israeli troops kidnap 4 West Bank civilians
Press TV 23 June 2009 Zionist troops have invaded Bil’in village in the central West Bank and kidnapped two teenagers and two adults. Palestinian locals said the kidnappings took place at two different times. The first incident took place late Monday night when two men – Hissen Mansour and Kifah Mansour – who were returning…
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Seven arrested as dozens support farmers picking grape leaves in Saffa
Palestine Solidarity Project 20 June 2009 Despite understanding that they would only be able to harvest for one hour at most, that they would be met with settler aggression, grape leaves need to be picked and so, for another Saturday, a group of approximately 30 International and Israeli activists joined Hamad and Jabber Soleiby and…
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Help Israeli human rights activist Ezra Nawi
Without international intervention Israeli human rights activist Ezra Nawi will most likely be sent to jail. Ezra Nawi has been active for years in the area known as South Mt. Hebron. The Palestinians in this small desolate area in the very south of the West Bank have been under Israeli occupation for almost 42 years;…