Tag: Arrests

  • Land Day demonstration in Halhul, Hebron district

    At mid day on the 4th of April, around forty Palestinians from Halhul and the surrounding villages set off to cultivate land near the illegal settlement of Karmi Zur.  Halhul is a village in the Hebron district of the southern West Bank.  Demonstrators were also joined by Israeli and international solidarity activists. The protestors headed…

  • Israeli settlers take over Palestinian residence in Jerusalem’s old city

    On the 2nd of April at 2am, at least seven armed Israeli settlers took over a Palestinian residence on al-Malwiyeh Street in Jerusalem’s old city.  The house’s owner, Nasser Jaber, was away for four nights while the building was being renovated.  The settlers arrived in the early morning, breaking open the door and changing the…

  • Gazan fishermen abducted by Israeli forces

    ISM Gaza 29 March 2009 Since Friday 13th March 2009, 16 fishermen from the Gaza Strip have been abducted by the Israeli Navy. 12 were abducted while fishing off the coast of Beit Lahia; Zaki Mostafa Tarowsh, 44; Ismaeen Zaki Tarowsh, 16; Thaher Mahmoud Zayad, 45; and Nedal Thaher Zayad, 23 were abducted on Friday…