Press statement by Irish Palestine Solidarity Campaign While filming a non-violent protest against the role of Irish cement multinational CRH in building Israel’s apartheid wall in the village of Bil’in, Mr. Donnellan was rushed by an Israeli snatch-squad of 4 or 5 soldiers. His throat and shirt were grabbed, his gas mask was torn off, […]
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Palestinian youth united against normalization with Israel
Occupied Palestine – April 28th 2010 For more see: https://pyan48.wordpress.com In commemoration of the anniversary of the Nakba, and as an expression of our commitment to resisting Israeli occupation, colonization and apartheid in accordance with international law, we declare our rejection of normalization with the Israel on all levels. Economic, political, cultural and institutional normalization […]
Emboldened by impunity: Israel kills two children at Ein al Beida
Last night at 9 pm, close to Ein al Beida in the northern Jordan Valley, an Israeli military jeep rammed into a tractor of a Palestinian family, killing two little girls and injuring their father and brother. People from the area rule out that this was a simple accident but see it as yet another […]
Call for Support and immediate Action against the persecution of Political Activists in Palestine 48
Case: Mr. Ameer Makhoul, General Director of Ittijah- Union of Arab Community Based Associations and Head of the Popular Committee for the Defense of Political Freedoms We, as active members, representatives of Human Rights institutions, NGOs, networks and Unions call for the immediate action and support of Mr. Ameer Makhoul, General Director of Ittijah- Union […]
Awarta condemns outcomes of IOF murder investigation
On Tuesday, April 27, Israeli newspapers and other news sites published the outcome of the investigation into the martyrdom of Muhammad Qawariq and Saleh Qawariq (both 18 years old) from Awarta village. The village council and the people of Awarta, as well as the families of the Martyrs, expressed their complete condemnation of the results […]
Al-Walaja: 14-year old child beaten and arrested by IOF
Israeli occupation forces assaulted a 14-year old child, Nabil Khalid Hajajle, and beat him severely with sticks and batons before arresting him. Nabil participated at a march today on the lands of al-Walaja. Residents walked to the fields where the apartheid wall is being built. The Wall is slated to confiscate more land from the […]
3 detained, 5 injured as al-Walaja residents stop Israeli bulldozers
Israeli occupation forces arrested three Palestinians yesterday and wounded thirty others in a brutal attack against residents of al-Walaja as they resisted the construction of the apartheid Wall in their village. Hundreds of Palestinians and international activists gathered on Sunday morning at al Walaja to march in the direction of the lands where the Wall […]
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 19 to Monday 26 April 2010 Summary: 1) Arrests of HRDs Arrests occurred in the south of the West Bank, in Bethlehem and Hebron districts. A 13 year old boy is currently held […]
Wastewater from the Etzion settlement floods 70 dunums of vineyards
Sewage water flowing from the Kfar Etzion settlement has destroyed some 70 dunums of land in the valley of ash-Shakheet, which belongs to the village of Beit Ummar. The contamination of Palestinian farmland by settlers is yet another way, commonly used, to force Palestinians off their land in order to steal and expand on it. […]
Mass rally in Ni’lin: Free our prisoners!
In honour of Prisonersâ Day, held on April 17 every year, the Niâlin popular committee dedicated this Friday to the struggle to free the prisoners. The march was attended by hundreds of people from the village on Niâlin and the neighbouring villages. International solidarity activists joined the people of the village, and demonstrators marched carrying […]