Tag: Nablus
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Army Incursion in Al Ayn refugee camp, Nablus.
Tuesday, September 18th: Video from Nablus TV: Israeli occupation forces (IOF) assaulted Al Ayn refugee camp in Nablus. The IOF attacked the camp and were met with fierce resistance from inside the camp. One soldier and one resistance fighter was killed. The camp was closed off and a curfew was put in place. A road…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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CALL TO ACTION! Villagers of Sarra and Qusin Refuse to be Kept in a Cage!
CALL TO ACTION! Sarra, Nablus region On Saturday, September 15th, the villagers of Sarra and Qusin, in the Nablus region, are planning in coordination with international Human Rights Workers (HRWs) to hold a demonstration in their region. They are blocked off from a road that leads directly to Nablus by roadblocks. These roadblocks turns a…