Tag: Arrests

  • Ahmad Burnat needs your support to get out of prison

    27 July 2010 | Popular Struggle Dear friend, At 1:30 in the morning on July 19th armed Israeli soldiers drove into our village, Bil’in, under the cover of the pitch black night, and raided the house of my friend and well known activist Wajeeh Burnat, who was featured in the documentary Bil’in Habibti. This time,…

  • Hebron report: military violently repress protests, following heightened wave of settler violence

    26 July 2010 | International Solidarity Movement UPDATED: 27 July 2010 Additional information about a settler attack in Boere last night has been added to the end of this post, along with new photos, one of which shows a bite mark inflicted on a female demonstrator by a soldier. The recent escalation of settler violence…

  • Fabricated charges lead to Swedish activist being banned from West Bank

    23 July 2010 | ISM Media Team Correction, 27 July 2010: Marcus’s surname was originally wrongly spelled ‘Rednander’ but has now been corrected. Bogus charges As part of Israel’s increased attempt at hindering the work of Palestine solidarity activists, an Israeli court yesterday dealt a further blow. Marcus Regnander, a 26-year-old activist and nursing student…

  • Israeli soldiers detain former European Parliament Vice President in Bil’in

    23 July 2010 Israeli soldiers detained the former Vice President of the European Parliament, Luisa Morgantini, in Bil’in this afternoon, injured one Israeli activist., and arrested another. Sixty nine-year-old Morgantini, an Italian Member of the Euopean Parliament (MEP) has long been an outspoken supporter of Palestinians. She has participated several times in demonstrations in Bil’in…

  • Swedish peace activist arrested, witnesses say charge of assault is ‘baseless’

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 21 July 2010 Correction, 27 July 2010: Marcus’s surname was originally wrongly spelled ‘Rednanver’ but has now been corrected. A Swedish peace activist was arrested in Hebron last night and stood trial today in Jerusalem. Nursing student Marcus Regnander was accused of assaulting a soldier at a peaceful demonstration in Hebron 10…