Tag Archives: Silwan

06 March 2011 | Wadi Hilweh Information Center 3 March 2011 | 4 youth arrested in dawn raid on Silwan Israeli forces raided Silwan today at dawn, arresting 4 local children. The boys arrested are aged between 13 and 15 ...

5 March 2011 | Wadi Hilweh Information Center Violent confrontations erupted in Silwan yesterday, with clashes sparked in Samer Sarhan Street and spreading throughout various districts of the village. Witnesses state that in addition to firing heavy amounts of rubber ...

10 February 2011 | Wadi Hilweh Information Center An Israeli police car ran over a young Palestinian girl on the main street of Ain al-Luza neighbourhood in Silwan yesterday, 9 February. Witnesses reported that the police vehicle had been speeding ...

26 December 2010 | International Solidarity Movement & SilwanIC Since early this morning, Israeli forces have been surrounding the village of Silwan, creating fear among the villagers that a Palestinian family will be evicted. A new wave of unrest has ...

26 November 2010 | Wadi Hilweh Information Center Israeli forces assaulted 7 year old Adam Mansour Rishq during tense scenes in Silwan today. The child was beaten by Israeli troops who accused him of throwing stones at a military vehicle, ...

19 November 2010 | Wadi Hilweh Information Center Israeli forces arrested multiple members of the martyr Samer Sarhan’s family yesterday morning, including Samer’s brother, Ali Sarhan, Ali’s wife, and a third relative, Sultan Halisi. Ali Sarhan was on his final ...

14 November 2010 | Wadi Hilweh Information Center & ISM On Saturday, Israeli forces erected checkpoints at the entrances to Silwan village for the second day in a row. The network of checkpoints are a notorious source of inconvenience and ...

12 November 2010 | Wadi Hilweh Information Center Photos by Maisa Abu Gazaleh A resident from Silwan, aged 21, was severely assaulted, beaten, and abused by a group of extremist Jews this Saturday, November 6, 2010, as he was walking ...

8 November 2010 | International Solidarity Movement & Wadi Hilweh Information Center Today, workers from the Jerusalem municipality and Israeli forces removed the Memorial of Samer Sarhan, this morning. They also removed the water supply donated on the soul of ...

19 October 2010 | International Solidarity Movement Today Israeli police beat and arrested Mahmoud Rwidy, a 40-year-old resident of the Silwan Spring area in Wadi Hilweh, while he was away with his son to visit the doctor. Eyewitnesses confirm that ...