by Mary, October 14th A young soldier told me that he didn’t care what anyone thought of him. He did not want peace, just quiet. He wanted quiet! And quiet he has, I suppose. He has no need to arrest ...
Read More »Israeli Colonists Steal Palestinian olives in Tel Rumeida
by ISM Hebron, October 13th For the duration of the week the streets of Tel Rumeida, close to the illegal Jewish-only colonies of Tel Rumeida and Beit Hadassah have been adorned with Israeli flags, slogans and orange ribbons (signifying support ...
Read More »Israeli Soldiers Start to Use Checkpoint to Extort Money from a Palestinian Child
by Tel Rumeida Project Tuesday, 10 October 2006 At approximately 2pm two Human Rights Workers (HRWs) at the top of Tel Rumeida Street noticed that a small group of Palestinian boys were talking to the soldiers stationed at the guard ...
Read More »Israeli Holidays Impede Palestinian Freedom of Movement
by Tom Hayes, October 11th I visited the village of Bil’in, close to Ramallah, on Saturday. The villagers had asked for an international presence in the village after the IOF had arrested Emad, a Palestinian cameraman who works for Reuters ...
Read More »Armed Israeli Colonists Move Freely While Army Restricts Palestinian Movement
by ISM Hebron and Tel Rumeida Project For video evidence from this day: click here to view or click here to download. A description of each part of the video is at the end of this report. At 1.30pm on ...
Read More »Palestinian Resident of Hebron Detained for Sitting on the Street
by ISM Hebron On Saturday the 7th of October at 2pm about ten Israeli settlers, aged 15 to 20, harassed Palestinians on the hill above Beit Hadassah settlement in Tel Rumeida, Hebron. Palestinians were afraid to go home and international ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »Two Roadblock Removal Actions in Three Hours
by PSP, October 6th This afternoon, Palestinian, international and Israeli activists carried out two non-violent demonstrations focused on two illegal roadblocks in the al-Khalil (Hebron) region. Roadblocks in al-Jab’a and Beit Ommar were chosen, and while the demonstrators were unable ...
Read More »What Does it Take for a Palestinian to Get a US Visa?
by Shlomo Bloom, Sunday 8th October In order to educate Americans about the situation in Palestine, two Palestinian activists are going on a speaking tour of the United States. ‘M’, one of the organizers behind a successful campaign of non-violent ...
Read More »Plan for the Olive Harvest Campaign 2006
On the 5th of October a special meeting made up of regional ISM coordinators took place to present their plans for the olive harvest and to make everyone aware of each other’s activities so that better coordination between the regions ...
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