For Immediate Release October 30, 2007 Last week, settlers from Kfah Tappuah settlement near the West Bank village of Jamaeen trespassed on the Palestinian villagers’ land 2km from Jamaeen village, burning approximately 30 dunums of vital agricultural land hosting olive ...
Read More »IWPS: Marda under curfew, assault, arrests, house occupations
October 16th, 2007 approximately 10 am to 9 pm Marda, Salfit region Witnesses: family members and IWPS members At around 10a.m. on the 16th of October, 2007, the Israeli army entered the village of Marda in the Salfit governate in ...
Read More »Soldiers damage Palestinian belongings and assault and kidnap the youth
08 October, 2007 Following the Israeli army invasion of Deir Istiya on October 7th, during which the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) imposed a curfew on the village, one which officially continued throughout the next day, Human Rights Workers visited with ...
Read More »IWPS: Family home in Al Funduq to be demolished in three days
by Sue, IWPS, 16 May 2007 A family in Al Funduq had a demolition order delivered to their home while both were at work yesterday, 16th May. The paper was left on the door. It was the third final order ...
Read More »IWPS: Palestinian banker detained
Young Haris banker detained by Beth, IWPS, 13 May 2007 When a young Ramallah bank employee returned home to Haris shortly after midnight on May 13, 2007, he was confronted by soldiers who suggested he was driving a stolen car ...
Read More »Resisting the Wall, Commemorating the Catastrophe
Resisting the Wall, Commemorating the Catastrophe by the ISM Media Crew, 13 May 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 13 May 2007 Salfit, West Bank– Tomorrow, Palestinians will be joined by international and Israeli solidarity activists in the Salfit to protest Israel’s ...
Read More »59 Years Ago: Deir Yassin
Remembering Deir Yassin by Anna Baltzer, 1 May 2007 Um El Fahim town in present-day Israel, home to 48,000 Palestinian citizens of Israel, mostly internal refugees denied services equal to Jews or the right to return to their homes. 59 ...
Read More »Prelude to the Third Intifada?
Prelude to the Third Intifada? by Anna Baltzer, 30 April 2007 Atara Checkpoint in early April: Passover—the Jewish holiday celebrating freedom from oppression—is accompanied by tightening restrictions on Palestinians in the West Bank, resulting in checkpoint waits of many hours. ...
Read More »Sewage Tsunami & Strangulation in Gaza
Sewage Tsunami & Strangulation in Gaza by Anna Baltzer, 6 April 2007 One week ago, the walls of an overused cesspool in northern Gaza collapsed, flooding a nearby Bedouin village with up to two meters of raw sewage. At least ...
Read More »Economic Embargo in Palestine leads to death of 19 year old dialysis patient
19-year-old girl dies when hospital runs out of dialysis solution due to ongoing economic embargo from IWPS, 7 April 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE On March 1st, 2007, a 19-year-old girl named Olfat with kidney problems from Qira village, died after ...
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