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Early this morning, Occupation forces attacked Ni’lin and arrested Rateb Mustafa ‘Ameera. Fierce clashes broke out in the streets, with residents defending their homes and soldiers firing live ammunition. As has become routine, soldiers on foot along with jeeps entered the village sometime around two in the morning. They broke into the home of Mustafa […]

In spite of a week of arrests and raids, the people of Ni’lin marched against the Wall this Friday. Prior to the demonstration, residents celebrated the release of several prisoners, on of whom had been held for some four months. Nearly 150 people marched toward the Wall this Friday, passing through the gate of the […]

The village of al-Ma’sara held their weekly anti-Wall demonstration, this Friday carrying young olive trees to plant on their isolated lands. They were blocked by Occupation forces, who made good on their threats against the popular committee and arrested one at the close of the demonstration. Nearly 150 Palestinians, accompanied by international supporters, participated in […]

Soldiers pulled three more residents of Ni’lin from their homes early this morning in the latest attack on the local popular resistance. This is the fourth day this week in which villagers have been arrested, marking a serious escalation in the repression of the anti-Wall movement in the village. Last night, as they have been […]

Occupation staged a pre-dawn raid in the village of Ni’lin, arresting four young men before withdrawing in the early hours of the morning. Later in the day, four more residents turned themselves in to Occupation authorities. This is the most serious arrest raid that the village has witnessed in some time, and is a dangerous […]

Yesterday night, Occupation forces raided al-Ma’sara. At 1:30 in the morning, they hit the home of popular committee member Mohammed Brajiya, smashing the main door. Soldiers entered yelling and screaming, forcing him outside into the cold. This terrified the children of the home, who began crying. After demanding Brajiya’s identity card, an officer delivered a […]

Yesterday evening, following Jamal’s release, Mohammed Othman was also released after more than three months of imprisonment, isolation and interrogation. During his time in prison, and despite the hours of questioning and interrogation, no charges were ever pressed. Instead, threatened by the anti-Wall movement, Occupation authorities seemed to be determined to hold him without charge […]

Palestine, January 12 2010 From: Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign Palestinian NGO Network (PNGO) National and Islamic Forces To: Special Envoys and representatives to the Quartet Special Envoy Tony Blair (UK) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (UN) High Representative Catherine Ashton (EU) Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Ángel Moratinos (Spain, EU Presidency) Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (US) […]

Upwards of hundred villagers, supported by international and Israeli activists, marched against the Wall in al-Ma’sara on Friday. Following threats to blacklist popular committee members, as well as the ratcheting up the arrests of anti-Wall activists, there have been fears that Occupation forces will target al-Ma’sara. This week, soldiers raided the village on Friday in […]