On the evening of Sunday April 16th, students playing football at the schoolyard in Anata were subject to a brutal attack by Occupation Forces. Five children were injured as Soldiers went on the rampage, breaking the feet of one student with their military jeeps. Today clashes broke out as Soldiers entered the school to arrest […]
New demolition orders in south Yatta district are continuing the Occupation measures to drive Palestinians out of the area. Last week, farmers from al Taâlah (west of Arab Zuweidin) received demolition orders for four houses in the community, in order to make way for a Wall to fortify the settler-road. With the addition of the […]
On Monday, 10th of April, Occupation Forces distributed fresh demolition orders in Aqaba, a village in the west of the Jordan Valley. They join 16 previous demolition orders which threaten to destroy the social, economic and cultural institutions and life of the village. Palestinians in Aqaba face a daily fight for their survival and existence. […]
Occupation Forces have again attacked Anata secondary school in East Jerusalem. Soliders arrived en masse at the school on Wednesday the 12th of April, just as students took their morning break. The headmaster was forced to shut the school after students and staff were subjected to rounds of rubber bullets, sound bombs and large volumes […]
The WSF of 2006 was held in three polycentric events, the first in Bamako, Mali, the second in Caracas, Venezuela, and the last one in Karachi, Pakistan. Palestine took centre stage at this yearâs events and global discussions for another world. A delegation of 7 Palestinians participated in the third WSF event held in Karachi […]
In the last two weeks, Palestinians marked the 30th anniversary of Land Day, commemorating the 6 martyrs killed defending their lands in 1976. Rallies and protests captivated towns and villagers across the West Bank, as Palestinians vowed steadfastness to the liberation of their lands. Meanwhile, the Occupation stepped up the isolation of the Jordan Valley […]
The expulsion of 5 families from their homes in Silwan on Friday the 29th of March, saw the Occupation continue its systematic policy of ethnic cleansing in Jerusalem. Three houses built on one dunum of land (around 300m2 each) were forcibly taken over by the Jewish National Fund (JNF). Using a mixture of fraud, deception […]
Since Friday 31st of March, Occupation Forces have completely sealed-in Palestinian communities in the northern Jordan Valley. No one has been allowed to enter or exit the area, resulting in the rotting of agricultural products and a total shut down in the cultural, social and economic activities of Palestinians living there. ***image2***The measures come a […]
Occupation Forces have launched a new strategy of control in the Budrus, undertaking night raids into the village and forcing people at gunpoint to fingerprint checks. Soldiers have stormed several houses over the last week undertaking what they call a âstatistical surveyâ, which involves forcibly documenting all of the men in the households. In an […]
Eyad Tahar was found dead on Monday the 3rd of April, drowned in a flood near the Apartheid Wall between Bilâin and Safa. A valley here has been flooded, with the Wall blamed for preventing recent rainfall from draining. Taharâs body was recovered from the razor wire of the Wall, while his brother Raad was […]
