Tag: Gaza

  • Street fighting and home invasions in Hebron

    03-05-08 Three days ago the city of Hebron awoke to the sound of shooting and shouting. The Army cleared the checkpoint area with tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets and then occupied a house overhead to watch and shoot at the boys who threw stones. A few minutes later the army and the border police…

  • Telegraph: Gaza residents tell of sniper attacks on homes

    For the original article, click here. Palestinians described yesterday how civilians were killed while hiding in their homes as Israeli ground troops stormed through northern Gaza suburbs this weekend searching for Hamas militants. More than 100 Palestinians and three Israelis have died after Israeli troops entered Gaza to try to halt rocket attacks. Raad Abu…

  • Non-violent march through Ramallah streets ends reading the names of the fallen in Gaza at the Muqata

    On Sunday, March 2nd, Palestinians marched alongside international supporters through the streets of Ramallah, banging pots, chanting, and making noise. They were protesting the massacres in Gaza, the continued siege, the silence in the international community, and the ongoing violations of international law. Around 200 people gathered near the Manara Square in central Ramallah and…

  • Palestinians are shot as they take to the streets in response to Gaza massacres

    (Edited from Ma’an News and Human Rights Observers’ reports) Dozens of Palestinians have been injured in towns across the West Bank after Israeli troops cracked down on demonstrations against the Israeli mass killings in Gaza. Bethlehem Today, students marched to the Israeli separation wall near Rachael’s Tomb. Young Palestinians pelted Israeli military vehicles with stones…

  • Disengagement and the Frontiers of Zionism

    By: Darryl Li For the original article, click here. February 16, 2008 In mid-January, when Israel further tightened its blockade of the Gaza Strip, it hurriedly assured the world that a “humanitarian crisis” would not be allowed to occur. Case in point: Days after the intensified siege prompted Hamas to breach the Gaza-Egypt border and…