Tag: Nablus

  • Action Alert! Non-Violent Demonstration in Qusin on Friday despite previous Army repression

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 21, 2007 The villages around Nablus have recently seen a rise in demonstrations against roadblocks. In Sarra, and now in Qusin, people are standing up to the bars and cages the Israeli army has erected around the villages. It has not been easy: people have been arrested, gassed, and shot. Despite…

  • Soldiers Caught on Tape Threatening Crowd with Grenade at Hawarra

    Hawarra checkpoint, Nablus Sunday 16th, September 2007 During the holy month of Ramadan, when Palestinians are fasting, the Israeli army decided to close Hawarra checkpoint in Nablus. At 11am two international Human Rights Workers (HRWs) tried to leave Nablus through the Hawarra checkpoint, and found crowds of people held waiting to get home. The Palestinians…

  • Qusin Demo Video and Report

    Saturday, September 15th, at 12pm, international and Israeli activists joined Palestinian activists and villagers in the village of Qusin to protest the system of control imposed upon them by the Israeli army. The region has seen a rise in demonstrations of this sort recently, with roadblock removal demonstrations happening also in the nearby town of…