Tag: Bethlehem
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Palestininan youth worker to be detained without charge for another six months
By the Alternative Information Centre An Israeli military court has approved the extension of Ahmad Abu Hannya’s administration detention until May 14, 2007. By the of this period Ahmad, an Alternative Information Center (AIC) staff member, will have been imprisoned for two years. Ahmad, coordinator of the AIC youth group in Bethlehem, was detained at…
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Free AIC youth worker Ahmad Abu Hannya!
By the Alternative Information Centre An Israeli military court extended the administration detention of Alternative Information Center (AIC) member Ahmad Abu Hannya until November 30 to allow the Israeli authorities opportunity to interrogate him. Ahmad’s attorney, Sahar Francis of the Palestinian human rights organization Addameer, fears that on November 30 Israel will issue an administrative…
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Army attack non-violent protest in Al Khader village near Bethlehem city
by Michael Whiting, IMEMC, November 3rd Several non-violent protesters were severely beaten by Israeli military and border police troops today, as a demonstration was staged at the tunnel checkpoint on route 60, a main Israeli controled road on the route to the south of the West Bank from Jerusalem. At three in the afternoon Palestinian,…
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Guardian: “Israeli barrier and settlement to leave West Bank village with nowhere to go”
from The Guardian, Monday 30th October. by Rory McCarthy in Wadi Fukin Land confiscation and pollution threaten future of ancient farming community From his rooftop, Mohammad Ibrahim can see from one end to the other of the narrow valley that contains the village of Wadi Fukin. Beyond houses bunched around the tall minaret of the…
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March of Grapes Brutally Attacked-6 Arrested, Many Injured
by PSP, October 8 October 8, 2006-Today, Palestinian, international and Israeli activists joined together to demonstrate against land theft, road closures and economic isolation by bringing two tons of the surplus Palestinian grape harvest to an occupation checkpoint along Route 60. In a display of civil disobedience akin to the North American Boston Tea Party,…