by Micheal and Lina Last night, July 28th, at approximately 3:00 am, Saeed Haettalla, 53, from Balata refugee camp, was arrested and interrogated for the second time in two day, aparently without reason. In the middle of the night, Saeed ...
Read More »The Scene of Destruction at the Nablus Muqata
A follow-up report from our original press release about the attack. By Michael. Today, two ISM activists visited the site of the demolished Muqata in Nablus. Last week, from July 19th until July 21st Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) laid siege ...
Read More »Palestinians Open Checkpoint by Laying down on Settler Road
by Ali Omar and Raad Today, July 26th, at 5pm, the IOF closed Yesthar checkpoint (west of Nablus) in all directions for all Palestinian and settlers passing on the road. They re-opened it at 7pm for just the settlers, while ...
Read More »PHCR: “Four from One Family Killed and 3 Injured in Gaza City, 20 Killed and 193 Injured in El-Maghazi and Nablus”
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, 22 July 2006, 11:00 GMT Large scale destruction in houses, agricultural fields, infrastructure, and governmental and security buildings In another crime of disproportionate use of lethal force, Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) killed 4 members of ...
Read More »While the World Watches Lebanon, the Israeli Army Tightens the Noose in Palestine
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Starting around 5am this morning and lasting until the evening, the Israeli army surrounded the Mukatah (local government building) in Nablus with close to 100 military vehicles. They killed three people inside who are a part of ...
Read More »Ynet: “Look who’s been kidnapped”
Hundreds of Palestinian ‘suspects’ have been kidnapped from their homes and will never stand trial Israeli reservist Arik Diamant | Ynet It’s the wee hours of the morning, still dark outside. A guerrilla force comes out of nowhere to kidnap ...
Read More »Vacation in Balata refugee camp
by Lucretia R. I decided to take a vacation to Balata refugee camp and give art lessons to children there. I hadn’t been there since the invasion in February and I recently completed a portrait of Ibrahim, a boy who ...
Read More »Ha’aretz: “20 Hebron settlers arrested for violently harassing Palestinians”
by Amos Harel, Eli Ashkenzi, Haaretz Correspondent and Itim. 13/06/2006 Police on Tuesday detained 20 settlers in the West Bank city of Hebron after they hurled rocks, bricks and glass bottles at Israel Defense Forces soldiers and police. A policeman ...
Read More »Israeli Military Raid ISM Apartment in Balata Camp
The apartment belonging to the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) in Balata refugee camp, Nablus was broken into by the Israeli military last week, May 31st. In what is an apparent act of vandalism and harassment, the military forced their way ...
Read More »Tomorrow: Solidarity Meeting Against Land Confiscation in Asira, Nablus
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE At 1:30pm tomorrow (Wednesday the 24th of May) the people of Asira, near Nablus, will be joined by Israeli and international supporters in holding a meeting in solidarity with the owners of land that the Israeli military ...
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