Tag: Arrests

  • Two Palestinians arrested as Israeli settlers forcefully enter their property

    By Alex Sweden 28 May 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On Friday, May 25, illegal Israeli settlers drove into the village Lubban ash-Sharqiya where they attempted to forcefully enter a family’s home. When Israeli soldiers and policemen arrived at the scene they joined the settlers, supporting’ them whilst they tried to enter the…

  • Burin: arbitrary arrests continue

    By Maria Erdely 22 May 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Castro Risaq was arrested on the night of the May 1 in Burin, a village just 7 kilometres south west of Nablus. The Israeli military arrived at 1 a.m. demanding Castro. Waking up the family, they barged through the front door. The 38…

  • Occupied Palestine: farce, tragedy, travesty

    By Patrick Keddie 20 May 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank The three snapshots below are composed from interviews conducted whilst working for the International Solidarity Movement in the West Bank from September to December 2011. FARCE Rodni Jaber is a Palestinian woman who lives and works as a farmer in Al-Baqa’a, a windswept…