Tag: Nablus

  • Needless House Occupation During Daytime Incursion

    Nablus, September 8th On the Saturday the 8th of September the Israeli army invaded the home of the Abu Shhab family in Nablus. Twenty soldiers and four vehicles arrived at the house at 15:00 and threw all the inhabitants outside. When humanitarian and medical workers arrived they were not allowed in the vicinity of the…

  • Non-Violent Peace Activist Threatened with Assasination

    On Wednesday the 5th Septmember: At 2:30 in the morning, Israeli Occupation Forces invaded the Old City of Nablus close to the Al Masre school. In doing so they invaded the homes of a number of residents in particular targetting the family home of a local Palestinian human rights actvist. The residents of the activist’s…

  • Reflections on our arrest….

    You go through a strange range of emotions while incarcerated. Being shackled at the ankles forces you to shuffle painfully, ungainly, slowly. It reduces you to an infirm. Our arrest was a strange experience.. It was an immense joy to see over two hundred Palestinians cheer at their removal of the massive concrete blocks which…

  • Succesful Road Block Removal ends in Arrests

    31.08.2007, Sarra – Nablus Region On Friday, 31.08.2007, International and Israeli Human Rights Activists joined the people of Sarra village in another demonstration against a roadblock that for years has obstructed direct access into Nablus city. For the last five years the people of Sarra have had a trip of five minutes from their town…

  • PEACE ACTIVISTS UNDER ARREST FOR PREVENTING THE REBUILDING OF MILITARY ROADBLOCK IN PALESTINIAN VILLAGE

    PEACE ACTIVISTS UNDER ARREST FOR PREVENTING THE REBUILDING OF MILITARY ROADBLOCK IN PALESTINIAN VILLAGE For Immediate Release Contact Molly, ISM Media 059943157 September 1, 2007 Yesterday in Sarra village near Nablus, four human rights defenders from Germany, the United States, The United Kingdom and Canada were arrested for blocking Israeli military bulldozers from rebuilding a…