Yesterday, Friday 11 January 2013, Palestinian activists sought to protect land under threat from Israeli settlements. Coordinated by the Palestinian Grassroots Anti Apartheid Wall And Settlements Campaign (Stop the Wall) and Popular Committees against the Wall, around 250 activists from all over the West Bank set up a village of 25 protest tents in the […]
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Nine-year-old Wounded in al-Ma’asara Village Weekly Protest
On Friday, a young man and a child were injured during the weekly protest against the Apartheid Wall in al-Ma'asara village in Bethlehem after the occupation forces attacked the participants. According to the spokesman of the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements, Mohammed Brijeyeh, the occupation soldiers suppressed the march through abuse involving severe […]
Biweekly Repression Update
Stop the Wall repression update: Mar. 10 – Mar. 24 Part II: Analysis From March 10 – March 24, Occupation forces continued their attack on the leadership of the popular resistance in al Nabi Saleh. Basem Tamimi, who was arrested on March 24, is the second protest organizer to be arrested this month. Occupation forces […]
Another activist in Bil’in killed by military “crowd control”
Jawaher Abu Rahmah, a 34-year-old woman from Bil’in, died this morning in a Ramallah hospital as result of poisoning caused by tear gas inhalation. Jawaher fainted after inhaling a large quantity of gas during the weekly protest against the Wall in Bil’in and was rushed immediately to Ramallah for treatment, where she remained until passing […]
Four Palestinian youth killed in less that 24 hours
Nablus district has paid a high price for international recognition of role of popular resistance. Today, two 19-year old boys, Muhammad Faysal and Salah Muhammad Qawariq, were shot dead by Israeli military close to their village Awarta, south of Nablus. The two were on their way to work on their fields, presumably carrying farming tools. […]
16-year old boy shot dead by Israeli snipers
This afternoon the Israeli military killed 16-year old Mohammad Qadus from Iraq Burin, a village south of Nablus, with a live round on his heart. A second youth, Asaud Qadus, 19 years old, was critically injured after being shot in the head. Mohammad was trying to carry Asaud to safety when he was hit. Today, […]