Tag: Arrests

  • Israeli forces raid Bil’in, arrest one resident and one solidarity activist

    For Immediate Release: On July 7th at 3:30, soldiers disrupted the tranquility of Bi’lin by forcing their way into several houses. Israeli soldiers came with a list of 10 names for arrest . When Palestinian, international, and Israeli activists arrived at the scene they were subjected to violence and intimidation by the Israeli forces. The…

  • Nobel peace laureate jailed in Israel for Gaza activism

    Jonathan Lis | Ha’aretz 6 July 2009 A Nobel Peace Prize winner and a former U.S. congresswoman are among eight people to be released today and expelled after having sailed on a protest ship heading to Gaza from Cyprus, the Israeli Interior Ministry says. Mairead Corrigan Maguire, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1976…

  • Israeli forces invades Bil’in Village and kidnap two youths

    Bil’in Popular Committee 5 July 2009 At approximately 4:15 on the morning of 5.7.09 more than 100 Israeli Soldiers invaded Bilin Village. Many of them were masked and all carried automatic weapons. They attacked several houses and arrested Oda Rebhe Abu Rahma, 20, and Mahmoud Issa Yassein, 17. Upon request the soldiers would not tell…