Tag: Nablus

  • Take a Virtual Tour of the 2006 Balata Invasion

    Inside a home that was first set on fire, then exploded to kill three fighters hiding inside. A Palestinian-built roadblock on Balata Camp’s main street obstructs the movement of military vehicles. Breaking curfew, a woman escorts four children past army vehicles. A 17-year-old is carried through the streets in a funeral procession to honor him…

  • Israeli military opens fire on medical team wounding Palestinian and International medical volunteers

    “We were standing in the alley way, everything was quiet when suddenly without warning we heard a big explosion and heard gun shots. I then saw Jarar and Ihab liying on the floor. Ihab wasn’t moving.” – Wounded Dutch volunteer At 11:45 this morning an explosion set off by the Israeli military inside the house…

  • Balata Refugee Camp Reinvaded

    Blata camp was reinvaded at 1:30 this morning. 19 Year old Ibrahim Saadi was shot dead while throwing a stone at the Israeli armored jeeps 20 year old Naim Abu Sarif was shot dead by a sniper while standing on the roof of his house. Five of the refugee camps residents were wounded including a…

  • The Siege on Balata Camp Continues

    19:10 February 19, 2006 Twenty-two year old Mohammad Subkhi Abu Hanade was shot in the chest with live ammunition while he was in his home by a sniper in an occupied house adjacent to his. A medical team andinternational volunteers who were in the vicinity say that the atmosphere was quiet when they heard two…

  • In the Spirit of Revolution

    By Hanna I’ve been traveling for the past two weeks with groups of people who enjoy more privilege here than perhaps any other group – American Jews. We can relatively easily pass through walls, fences, gates, checkpoints, “terminals” and other obstacles, moving from Jerusalem to Bethlehem to Ramallah to Haifa and back to Jerusalem without…