Weekly Stop the Wall Repression Update -

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
Biâlin as a result of the IOFâs 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 villageâs 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: Biâlin (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: Bilâin (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.