Weekly Stop the Wall Repression Update

Scope: Repressive measures against Palestinian human rights defenders active against the Wall and the settlements in the occupied West Bank.

Period: Monday, June 28^th to Monday, July 5^th, 2010

Summary:

1) Arrests of HRDs:

A number of arrests have been recorded this week. Israeli Occupation Forces arrested four HRDs in the village of Beit Ummar (Hebron District), 15 international activists in the village of Wadi Rahal (Bethlehem District), and one HRD in the village of Nabi Saleh (Ramallah District).

2) Violence against HRDs

Not many injuries have been recorded this week. One individual sustained an injury from a tear gas canister in Beit Jala (Bethlehem District).

3) Collective punishment

Two night raids have been recorded this week. Some agricultural land was destroyed in the village of Bi’lin as a result of the IOF’s firing of tear gas.

1) Arrests of HRDs

New arrests

Place: Beit Ummar (Hebron District)

Date: July 1^st, 2010

Names:

1. Thaer Ahmad Abu hashem (22 years-old).

2. Issam Jamal Abumaria (21 years-old).

3. Khalid Sami Sabarneh (16 years-old).

4. Tamer Ismail Awad (23 years-old).

Circumstances: These HRDs were arrested after Israeli Occupation Forces raided their homes and destroyed their furniture and personal belongings.

Place: Wadi Rahal (Bethlehem District)

Date: July 2^nd, 2010

Names: 15 unidentified HRDs

Circumstances: Israeli Occupation Forces arrested these HRDs during the village’s weekly protest against the Wall.

Place: Nabi Saleh (Ramallah District)

Date: July 4^th, 2010

Name: Eyas Tamimi

Circumstances: Israeli Occupation Forces arrested this young HRD activist when they raided the village disguised in civilian vehicles.

Releases

No information available.

Trials

No information available.

Ill-treatments/Torture

No information available.

Other

No information available.

2) Violence against HRDs

Killings

No information available.

Injuries sustained through live ammunition

No information available.

Other serious injuries

Place: Beit Jala (Bethlehem District)

Date: July 4^th, 2010

Name: Mahmoud Al-Ayyan (Alquds Newspaper photojournalist).

Circumstances: Sustained injuries when Israeli Occupation forces fired a tear gas canister directly at his head during the weekly protest against the Wall.

Other

3) Collective Punishment

Damage of property

Place: Bi’lin (Ramallah District)

Date: July 2^nd, 2010

Circumstances: Village land was destroyed when the IOF drowned the area in tear gas to suppress the weekly demonstration, igniting portions of agricultural land on fire.

Closures

No information available.

Incursions

Place: Nabi Saleh (Ramallah District)

Date: July 4^th, 2010

Circumstances: Israeli Occupation Forces arrested a young HRD activist when they raided the village disguised in civilian vehicles.

Place: Bil’in (Ramallah District)

Date: July 4^th, 2010

Circumstances: At 2:30 am in the morning three military jeeps invaded the village and raided two homes looking for Jaber Mustafa Abu Rahme.

Other

No information available.