Tag: Ramallah

  • Israeli kills three Palestinians

    An Israeli has opened fire at a group of Palestinians in the West Bank, killing three people, in a shooting that coincided with Israel’s Gaza withdrawal. Read the rest here.

  • Hundreds trapped in Ramallah as all exit points closed for afternoon

    Soldiers set up a “flying checkpoint” outside Ramallah, near the village of Surda on Sunday. By Sarita and Andrew Ambulances, commerce, people traveling to work or heading home were all brought to a halt Sunday in Ramallah as Israeli soldiers closed all exit and entry points to the city following a shooting by Al Aqsa…

  • SOS – Stop the Wall!

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RAMALLAH, Occupied West Bank — Black smoke will be seen rising at 10 a.m. on Thursday July 28 along the path of the Apartheid Wall in the central West Bank region from Marda to Qalandia as an SOS to the world to take action to stop Israel’s annexation of land, and imprisonment…

  • Five boys from Marda village held by army, still not released

    By IWPS MARDA VILLAGE, WEST BANK On the afternoon of Monday, July 4, several Israeli army jeeps entered the village of Marda and Israeli soldiers ambushed Palestinian youths as they were descending from the hill above the village, after they had attempted to stop work on the separation fence. Marda village, home to 2,000 residents,…

  • Israeli army enforced collective punishment

    By: Nijmie IWPS Date of incident: July 1, 2005 Place: Hares Witness/es: Villagers On the evening of Friday July 1, the Israeli army entered the village of Hares with two jeeps. The jeeps stationed themselves at the entrance to the village, and the soldiers proceeded to prevent any Palestinian resident, whether on foot or by…