Tag: Jenin
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Again/Still
by Amy, February 1st It’s my third time visiting Palestine, and not much is different. I was just commenting to my co-volunteers on how I’ve already written about such and such issue, I can’t do it again… but my housemate here pointed out the truth: repetition is life here. If reading the same stories over…
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Haaretz: Military probe ordered in 2003 shooting of American in Nablus
by Yuval Yoaz, November 26th The Military Advocate General, Brigadier General Avihai Mandelblit, has instructed military police investigators to open a probe into the question of whether Israel Defense Force soldiers bear criminal responsibility in the shooting of a 24-year-old American citizen and leftist activist in the Jenin refugee camp in April 2003. The investigation…
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“I only listen to what they tell me” – a Palestinian account of what it takes to travel from Jenin to Ramallah
by Ashraf, 7th November Today at 9 in the morning, a group of 30 students from my university in Jenin left to attend a conference and an exhibit of Information Technology held in Ramallah. IT students were invited to visit a joint Palestinian market of different Palestinian computer and software companies. The first checkpoint we…
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Brian Avery Petition Successful
by Peter The Israeli Supreme Court allowed Brian Avery’s petition for a criminal investigation to be opened into his shooting in Jenin in April 2003. The IOF has until now refused to investigate the shooting. The court gave the IOF 45 days to explain to the court why no investigation was carried out. A date…
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TOMORROW: Brian Avery Shooting Investigation Appeal
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE On Wednesday, September 20, Israeli attorney Michael Sfard will again apply to the Israeli Supreme Court in Jerusalem demanding that the Israeli military open an investigation into the circumstances of the shooting of Brian Avery in Jenin on 5th April 2003. The application will be heard by judges Beinish, Arbel and Heshin…