Tag: Arrests

  • Three hospitalized, one arrested as An Nabi Saleh celebrates Land Day

    International Solidarity Movement 02 April 2010 On Friday, the village of An Nabi Saleh combined Land Day celebrations with their weekly demonstration against the illegal expansion of the Hallamish settlement onto village land. Speeches were held before the demonstration, and activists marched and resisted Israeli forces until sunset. Three demonstrators were injured and hospitalized, and…

  • Settlers Destroy Al-Kurd Property: Two Palestinians Arrested

    International Solidarity Movement 7th April 2010 Update: The Palestinians who were arrested last have been released without charge. No settlers have been questioned or detained in connection with the property destruction they undertook, despite photographic evidence proving their culpability. Sheikh Jarrah, Occupied East Jerusalem, Israel, 12AM – Right-wing settlers began to dismantle a fence the…

  • Palestinian police arrest Beit Ommar resistance leaders in night time raids

    National Committee of Beit Ommar 5th April 2010 UPDATE: Mousa Abu Maria was released at 2am Tuesday morning without charge. He was not ill-treated or harshly interrogated. The PA’s involvement in the raid stemmed from a unfounded suspicion that Mousa was a part of ring of car thieves. Mousa was released after it was discovered…

  • Military Judge Criticizes Police; Releases the Bethlehem Ten

    Popular Struggle Coordination Committee 01 April 2010 Judge Dahan of the Ofer Military Court in the West Bank ordered the release of the ten peaceful demonstrators arrested in Bethlehem last Sunday, among them PLO Executive Committee’s Abbas Zaki. The judge criticized the police and prosecution saying that the protest was nonviolent, and that the only…

  • Demonstrators Demand Prisoners’ Release

    Popular Struggle Coordination Committee 31 March 2010 Hundreds of people gathered at the Bitunya checkpoint near Ofer Military prison to demand the release of ten demonstrators arrested in Bethlehem last Sunday, among them Abbas Zaki of the PLO Executive Committee. Two demonstrators were arrested. Hundreds of demonstrators, among them Jubril Rajoub, Jamal Muhsein and Mahmoud…