Tag: Ramallah

  • ICAHD: “Don’t Say ‘We Didn’t Know’ “

    From The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions On 1st April 2006 Nasser, together with around ten other Palestinians tried to enter Israel through the Oranit checkpoint in order to look for work. A army ambush discovered them and opened fire. Nasser was injured in his leg and fell down. Soldiers approached him and began to…

  • Al-Amari Refugee Camp Mourns

    by Sam Bahour Last Wednesday, the victims were: Milad Abu-Aris, Jaafer Khaled, Aysar Kasam and Ra’ad Rabah. As I write, I can hear heavy and loud gunfire coming from the Al-Amari Refugee Camp next to our home. It is the funeral for one of the 4 Palestinians that were murdered by the Israeli military yesterday.…

  • Clashes between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian civilians in Ramallah

    by Sousan Hammad, I’m sitting in the ISC office in Ramallah. I get a phone call from one of the workers of the organization. I really could not understand what he was saying. He was yelling, “Don’t go outside, they are closing off the streets and the Israeli army are coming, whatever you do, don’t…

  • Israeli Army Invades Centre of Ramallah, Kill 4 Injure 34

    Update: Palestinian ISM activist Mansour who had gone to the scene was injured by shrapnel when soldiers opened fire at bystanders. Luckily he wasn’t hit directly but he was hit by shrapnel in the head and required stitches. At the time of writing this update, 4 are confirmed dead, including 21-year old Issa Qasim from…

  • The Trip from Tulkarm to Ramallah: 3 road blocks, 5 check-points, 7 cars

    How long does it take to travel from the north-east of the West Bank, to the centre? In such a small area of land, you might think not long. A Palestinian ISM co-ordinator gives an account of the realities of trying to get out of the prison that the Israeli military is turning the north…