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Locals: Israeli forces storm Surif overnight
1/31/2010 - Hebron - Ma'an - Israeli forces stormed the southern West Bank town of Surif northwest of Hebron on Saturday night and conducted house to house inspections, local sources told Ma'an. Sources said a an Israeli military patrol was sweeping the area by the separation wall near Surif, when it came under fire. The raid was carried out in response to the shots, and Surif was searched to find those responsible, the sources said. Local sources said Israeli forces stormed Surif and neighboring villages, conducting inspections for several hours. No detentions were reported. Separately, Israeli forces closed Al-Baq'a area east of Hebron and prevented journalists from accessing the area, after five buses with students for the nearby Kharsina settlement arrived at the village. Ma'an's reporter spoke with a number of locals who said that the students brought sapling trees to plant on land owned by Palestinian villagers.
Bethlehemite lives in cave to save land from confiscation
1/31/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Abdul-Fattah Abed Rabbo has lived in a cave adjacent to his agricultural land for the last ten years, in the village of Walaja, west of Bethlehem, to protect his land from being annexed by nearby Israeli settlements. The Popular Committee for Resisting Settlements and the Separation Wall visited Abed Rabbo in his cave to offer their support to him and all Palestinian faced with land confiscation. Coordinator for the committee, Awad Abu Swayy, described Abed Rabbo as an example to be followed, pointing out that he refused significant financial offers made by Israeli settlement agencies wanting to buy his land. Abu Swayy said that the popular committee would try to errect a sit-in tent near the cave to host international solidarity activists and a tin roofed gallery which will be connected to the nearest water network.
Egypt uncovers 3 tunnels along Gaza border
1/31/2010 - Al-Arish - Ma'an - Egypt commandeered three tunnels for smuggling motorcycles, cars tools and paint into the Gaza Strip on Sunday. Security sources told Ma'an that two tunnels were uncovered in the Salah Ad-Din border area, where motorcycles and paint were found. Egyptian forces also found another tunnel near the Al-Sarsouriya area, a site that was already under extra scrutiny. Security officials said they were planning to demolish the tunnels and sell the goods at auction. Security sources explained that these areas were not included in the plan to build an underground steel wall, which was first exposed by the Israeli press. They said these areas were not usually used for smuggling. A Palestinian died from an electric shock sustained in a tunnel on the border between Gaza and Egypt on Saturday afternoon.
Protest held at Egypt embassy in Paris
1/31/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - The Sheikh Yassin coalition organized a protest outside the Egyptian embassy in Paris on Saturday, demanding that Egypt stop building an underground steel barrier on the border with the Gaza Strip, Hamas-affiliated media reported. According to The Palestinian Information Center, a Hamas Web site, the protestors toured Wilson street and an avenue leading to the Egyptian Embassy, which closed its doors and refused to listen to the protestors' demands. Demonstrators chanted slogans in support of Palestinian resistance, calling for an end to the crippling siege imposed on the Gaza Strip by Israel and Egypt, which deprives the population of their basic needs. A French human rights activist, Nelly Labushi, delivered a speech through a loudspeaker calling on the Egyptian government to stop building the wall, and to open the Rafah crossing, its sole terminal with the besieged coastal enclave.
Several injured by tear gas grenades in Bil’in weekly demonstration
1/31/2010 - International Solidarity Movement - Friends of Freedom and Justice, 29 January - During today's weekly demonstration, Iyad Burnat, the head of the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements, was directly hit in his hand by a tear-gas canister, which caused major burns. Palestine TV correspondent, Haroon Amayreh, as well as a member of the Central Committee of Fatah, Sultan Aboul-Enein, and dozens of Palestinian, Israeli, and international peace activists, who had joined the demonstration in solidarity, suffered from tear-gas inhalation including fainting as the Israeli occupying forces violently suppressed today's protest against the apartheid wall and settlements in the village of Bil'in. The peaceful demonstration was organized by the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements, and started at the center of the village of Bil'in after midday prayers.
Israeli Undercover Agents Infiltrate Non-Violent Protest in Nil'in
IMEMC 29 Jan 2010 - Friday January 29, 2010 - 17:33, The weekly protest against construction of the Israeli seperation wall commenced after mid-day prayers, this Friday in the village of Ni'lin.
20 villagers hurt near West Bank protest
1/29/2010 - Ramallah - Ma'an - Over 20 villagers, including 14 children, were hurt in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh on Friday during a demonstration against Israel's wall and the illegal settlement of Hallamish, which cuts into the village. The villagers, who did not take part in the demonstration, were hurt after the house they were taking refuge in was attacked by Israeli soldiers in a volley of tear-gas projectiles and rubber-coated bullets. One boy was hit in the stomach by a tear-gas projectile. He, along with four others, required medical care, and were evacuated to a hospital. An Israeli military spokesman said non-lethal means were used to disperse some 100 rioters nearby. Clashes in the village began after soldiers blocked some 200 demonstrators - Palestinians, Israelis and internationals - from reaching a spring on privately owned Palestinian land, which was recently taken over by Hallamish settlers.
Fatah leaders among dozens gassed in Bil’in
1/29/2010 - Ramallah - Ma'an - Dozen of demonstrators suffered tear-gas inhalation after Israeli forces fired canisters at them during a weekly demonstration in the West Bank village Bil'in on Friday afternoon. Sultan Abu Al-Einen, member of the Fatah central committee, and Ahmad Assaf, Fatah spokesman, participated alongside the village's residents. Israeli peace activists and internationals protested in solidarity. Video footage of last week's violence in Bil'in Abu Al-Einen congratulated the residents of Bil'in for their "steadfastness in confronting the settlements and the wall. "He affirmed the support of the presidency, the central committee and Fatah's revolutionary council for resisting the wall and settlements. Demonstrators headed toward the wall, where there was an Israeli force waiting for them. The forces fired stun grenades, tear-gas canisters and rubber-coated bullets. . .
Israeli forces seize protester in Nil’in
1/29/2010 - Ramallah - Ma'an - A demonstrator was arrested by soldiers who shot live ammunition during his apprehension in the West Bank village of Nil'in on Friday, the Popular Struggle Coordination Committee reported. Israeli forces indicated that they were responding to rock-throwing by protesters, but since the army closed all the village's entrances with checkpoints and forbade the media from entering, Ma'an was not able to independently confirm these allegations. Dozens of Palestinian and international protestors, including parliamentarian and former Information Minister Mustafa Al-Barghouti, who chairs the Palestinian National Initiative, reportedly suffered tear-gas inhalation as Israeli forces fired canisters at the crowd, which numbered around 100. Two paramilitary police officers said they were injured by rocks at the weekly demonstration against Israel's separation barrier,. . .
Haniyeh accuses US, Israel, Arabs of conspiracy
1/29/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - Giving a Friday sermon Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh accused the Arab world of using leaked reports from Israel to rally the Egyptian street against the people of Gaza. Speaking at the Al-Omary Mosque in Jabaliya, Haniyeh outlined two reports allegedly printed in the Arab world last week. One, he said, discussed the resettlement of Palestinians in the Sinai under a land swap deal for a two-state solution, and a second apparently alleged that a Palestinain in Cairo was involved in urging Egyptian officials to continue building the Gaza subterranean border wall. Haniyeh was vague on the origins of the reports, neither of which appeared in Arab mainstream news media over the past week. The de facto leader insisted throughout his speech that the alleged reports were "false" and "from Israeli sources," adding that the de facto government would refuse resettlement. . .
Mash’al vows to avenge Al-Mabhouh
1/29/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Hamas leader in exile Khaled Mash'al on Friday vowed to avenge the death of Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh, who was killed days earlier in Dubai, allegedly by Israeli forces. After the funeral in Al-Yarmuk refugee camp south of Damascus, Mash'al said "we will avenge this man. If you [Israel] were happy for assassinating a great man who bravely assassinated your soldiers, then this happiness is going to pass. "Don't be so happy. We will avenge Al-Mabhouh. Do not think that we will abandon the choice of resistance. Not settlement, occupation, killing, nor the wall will weaken our resistance. " Mash'al added: "We do not know when, but we're going to win; we are confident we will defeat you. " . Meanwhile, the information office of the government in the United Arab Emirates said that Dubai police were able to identify the suspects who killed the Hamas leader, saying they all hold European passports. "
Israeli army agrees to relocate Bil'in wall
29 Jan 2010 - Tel Aviv, January 28, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) - Two-and-a-half years after a Supreme Court order, Israel's army is preparing to adjust the route of the long security barrier it has constructed on the West Bank at a key flashpoint where a fence cuts off Palestinian villagers from their own land. For five years, the villagers of Bil'in have staged weekly...
Israel arresting non-violent protesters in West Bank; Palestinians do not give up
29 Jan 2010 - Ni'lin, West Bank, January 28, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) - For more than a year, this village has been a focus of weekly protests against the Israeli security barrier, which cuts through its lands. Now, the village appears to be at the center of an intensifying Israeli arrest campaign. Apparently concerned that the protests could spread, the Israeli Army and security...
Israel to route wall around Ramallah settlement
1/28/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Israeli authorities will resume the construction of the separation wall near the Israeli settlement of Modi'in Elite, northwest of Ramallah, Israeli media reported on Tuesday. According to the online news site Kikar Shabbat, the army's decision was taken last Friday after an alternative route was approved. The High Court of Justice had ordered a halt to the wall's original route. The news site reported that the new route, near the Modi'in Elite settlement, will prevent its future expansion. Construction will begin in the coming days, the news source added. The High Court ordered a 30-kilometer segment of the wall to be rerouted to alleviate the hardship of Palestinian villagers, who had put forward the original appeal, as the route was to cut them off from agricultural lands, the site noted.
Danish Companies To Divest From Israel
IMEMC 28 Jan 2010 - Wednesday January 27, 2010 - 02:16, The Danske and Pensioner Bank (PKA) have decided to withdraw all investments from two Israeli companies, Elbit and Magal Security Systems, for their role in constructing the annexation wall in the occupied West Bank.
Danish pension funds divest from Israeli companies
1/27/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Two Danish pension funds announced on Tuesday their decision to divest from two Israeli companies implicated in the construction of Israel's illegal wall and settlements inside the West Bank, a statement issued by the Stop the Wall Campaign said. Danske Bank, the biggest financial group in Denmark, has excluded Elbit Systems and Africa Israel from its investment portfolio because of their involvement in providing equipment for the wall and in settlement construction. Thomas H. Kjaergaard, responsible for socially responsible investment in the Danish Bank Group commented: "We handle clients' interests, and we do not want to put customers' money in companies that violate international standards. " PKA Ltd. , one of the largest funds administrating workers' pension funds in Denmark, announced it would no longer consider investments in Elbit Systems, and US companies Megal Security Systems and Detection Systems.
Testimony: Soldier fires "rubber" bullet at child's head
B'tselem 26 Jan 2010 - According to testimonies given to B'Tselem, on 1 Jan. '10, a soldier fired a rubber-coated metal bullet at the head of 10-year-old Mu'ataz al-Hawaja from Ni'lin, while chasing him during a demonstration against the Separation Barrier. B'Tselem demanded a
Two Danish Banks To Divest From Two Israeli Companies
IMEMC 26 Jan 2010 - Wednesday January 27, 2010 - 02:16, The Danish Bank (Danske Bank) and the Pensioner Bank (PKA) have decided to withdraw all of their investments in two Israeli companies; Elbit Systems and the Magal Security Systems, for their role in the construction of the Annexation Wall in the occupied West Bank.
Barghouti tells British MP: Settlements compromise Palestinian state
1/26/2010 - Ramallah - Ma'an -Secretary-General of the Palestinian National Initiative Mustafa Barghouti met with British Shadow Minister of State and conservative Member of Parliament David Lidington on Tuesday. During their meeting, Barghouti explained the dangers of Israeli practices in the occupied Palestinian territories, and what he described as the ethnic cleansing of Jerusalem and its environs, as well as Israel's separation wall and the blockade of Gaza. Significantly, he told Lidington that continued settlement expansion not only thwarts the resumption of peace talks, but compromises the establishment of a sovereign and fully independent Palestinian state, which cannot be achieved without the inclusion of occupied East Jerusalem, Barghouti told Lidington. Barghouti underlined the importance of Britain's role in the EU and its impact on US policy in favor of the Palestinian caused. . .
Israeli Occupation Forces prevent Mas-ha villagers from reaching their lands behind the Isolation Wall.
Uruknet January 26, 2010 - Every New Year's eve, people renew their wishes of a life full of prosperity and peace. Mas-ha villagers had another idea since they have received the New Year with the resumption of their misery which began with the construction of the Racist Segregation Wall back in 2003. The Wall isolated and destroyed more than 5500 acres (...
Nil’in photo takes top prize at Dutch contest
1/26/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - A Dutch photographer has won the Silver Camera Award in the foreign news category for his shot during a weekly demonstration against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Nil'in. The award is widely considered the foremost prize for press photography in the Netherlands. The photographer, Cris Toala Olivares, took the shot in October 2009 when he was in the West Bank for its annual olive harvest. He captured this moment when dozens of tear-gas canisters were shot at Palestinians in an olive grove in Nil'in. Olivares, a Dutch citizen originally from Ecuador, also visited the Gaza Strip in January 2009 and produced a series of photos during Israel's assault on the coastal enclave over the winter. . . . .
Israeli Occupation Forces kidnap 4 in Beit Ommar, West Bank
1/24/2010 - International Solidarity Movement - At 4am on January 21st, at least 30 members of the Israel Police, Border Police, Army and Secret Police (Shin Bet) raided the village of Beit Ommar, arresting four men. At the home of Mohammed Salibi, the Occupation Forces broke the window of the door in an effort to enter, as well as another window. Upon entering with a search dog, they asked for the whereabouts of Mohammed from his brothers, Alah, 20, and Ahmed, 14, who were sleeping at the time. Alah, who previously spent 3 months in Occupation jails, was thrown against the wall. Three agents picked up Ahmed and threw him on the ground. Cabinets were also smashed in the house and personal items thrown on the ground. After finding Mohammed, 25, sleeping, they arrested him and took him away without providing further information. As of January 24th, there is still no word on his whereabouts.
Egypt Detains 10 African Immigrants Trying To Infiltrate into Israel
IMEMC 23 Jan 2010 - Saturday January 23, 2010 - 13:34, Egyptian security sources reported Saturday that Border Guard policemen managed to arrest eight Eritreans and two Ethiopians while trying to cross the border fence in an attempt to infiltrate into Israel through Sinai.
Qureia to Belgian rep: Israel still thwarts int`l law
1/23/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - International and American efforts are important and significant but are undermined by Israel which continues settlement construction unabated throughout the occupied territories, PLO Executive Committee member Ahmad Qureia told the Belgian Consul General in Jerusalem Gerard Cockx on Friday. Israel is unilaterally drawing the borders of a Palestinian state, Qureia said. During the meeting in Abu Dis, Qureia outlined the mechanisms of Israeli violations against international agreements and human rights law, which serve to deny Palestinians access to their land and create de facto borders for the people. Sitting in Abu Dis, a small city in the Jerusalem governorate that is cut off from the hub city be Israel's separation wall, Qureia stressed the necessity of a settlement freeze in Jerusalem as well as in the West Bank.
Abu Sha’ar: Over 55 thousand Jerusalemites deprived of basic services
Uruknet January 23, 2010 -- Dr. Taleb Abu Sha’ar, the Palestinian minister of religious affairs, said Saturday that more than 55,000 Jerusalemite citizens living in the neighborhoods of the eastern part of the occupied city of Jerusalem are isolated and deprived of basic human services as a result of the Israeli segregation wall. In a press statement, Dr. Abu Sha’ar added...
Demonstrators plant olive trees at al-Ma’asara, one arrested
1/24/2010 - International Solidarity Movement - 22 January - This week's Friday demonstration in al-Ma'asara celebrated the Palestinian Day of the Tree. Some 70 demonstrators, Palestinian, Israeli and international, marched from the centre of the village towards the route of the Apartheid fence, carrying young olive trees to be planted in the lands near the fence. Amongst the demonstrators were Palestinian Minister of Agriculture Ismail Du'eik and other officials from the Bethlehem area. Shortly before reaching the soldiers who awaited the protest, demonstrators stopped to watch the minister plant two olive trees at the end of the built area in the village. The march then proceeded to meet with the larger than usual number of border policemen and soldiers, some of whom had taken over the rooftops of nearby houses, aiming guns at the demonstration. The minister and other demonstrators gave speeches in Arabic and Hebrew, and left two plants near the fence.
Activist Ryan Olander Released from Immigration Detention
1/23/2010 - International Solidarity Movement - Sydney Morris - As the sun set behind watchtowers and barbed wire fences at Ramle prison Thursday January 15th, Ryan Olander emerged from the steel auto locking door and into the unrestricted air. Ryan had just spent 29 days locked in the Givon immigration detention center located in Ramle, Israel following his illegal arrest on December 18, 2009 in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Shekih Jarrah. On principle and with solidarity for other nonviolent Palestinian activists working to end the illegal occupation of Palestine, Ryan chose to take his charges and deportation warrant to court. This decision to fight for justice in a country where basic human rights are so obviously denied to those seeking to challenge Israeli empire, either by speaking out or by simply existing, was made by Ryan for the greater struggle of the resistance movement.
Protester Injured in Bil’in During Weekly Non-Violent Demonstration
1/23/2010 - International Solidarity Movement - Friends of Freedom and Justice - Today 30 to 40 Palestinian, Israeli, and other international protesters marched through the West Bank village of Bil'in to the Israeli built separation barrier, ruled illegal by the International Court of Justice. Per usual, the demonstration was dispersed by tear gas projectiles and concussion grenades shortly after the marchers arrived at the gate. At least one Palestinian protester was injured and many other demonstrators were treated for varying degrees of tear gas inhalation. As of Friday evening, there have been no reported of injuries from the Israeli army. After the midday prayer, Palestinians and internationals assembled outside in the village of Bil'in and proceeded to march to the barrier while chanting pro-Palestine slogans and waving Palestinian and Fatah flags. Tear gas and concussion grenades were initially employed to disperse the protesters,. . . .
Israeli Soldiers Injure Non-Violent Protesters at Villages Near Ramallah
IMEMC 22 Jan 2010 - Friday January 22, 2010 - 18:24, Eight people have been injured, and five kidnapped, by the Israeli military in response to non-violent protests. These protests were organized by villagers in the West Bank who stand against the separation wall being constructed upon their land.
Protester Injured in Bil’in During Weekly Non-Violent Demonstration
IMEMC 22 Jan 2010 - Friday January 22, 2010 - 18:16, This Friday, the 22nd of January, 30 to 40 Palestinian, Israeli, and other international protesters marched through the West Bank village of Bil'in to the Israeli built separation barrier, ruled illegal by the International Court of Justice. Per usual, the demonstration was dispersed by tear gas projectiles and concussion grenades shortly after the marchers arrived at the gate.
Local Organizer Arrested Following Weekly Protest in al-Ma'sara
IMEMC 22 Jan 2010 - Friday January 22, 2010 - 18:08, Today in al-Ma’sara, near Bethlehem, the weekly non-violent demonstration started at the village mosque and marched towards the land where Israel is building their separation wall. This wall is built on land owned by the villagers and annexes further territory.
Scores injured at weekly Bil’in protest
1/22/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Dozens were hurt by tear gas and rubber-coated bullets on Friday in the West Bank village of Bil'in, activists said. The Popular Committee Against the Wall, which organizes weekly demonstrations against Israel's separation barrier that cuts through half of the Ramallah-area village, said international peace activists joined Bil'in residents on Friday. Protesters marched toward the barrier, which is still under construction, waving flags and banners condemning Israel's settlement policy, as well as recent house demolitions in Jerusalem. They also called for the release of jailed Palestinians and an end to the siege of Gaza. Israeli activists joined in, the committee said, along with members of the Palestinian Popular Struggle Front. Protesters marched toward the wall, where an Israeli unit was standing behind blocks of cement, which replaced razor wire. . .
Israeli forces detain 20 in East Jerusalem
1/22/2010 - Jerusalem - Ma'an - Israeli forces detained 20 protesters during a demonstration in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah early Friday evening, onlookers said. Among the eight arrestees was Yossi Sarid, former head of the Israeli Metetz Party. The protesters were accused of attempting to break into Palestinian houses taken over by Israeli settlers in the past few months, the Hebrew-language daily Yedioth Ahronoth reported. Last Friday, Israeli police violently suppressed a demonstration against the eviction of Palestinian families from their homes in Sheikh Jarrah. Seventeen of them spent the weekend in jail but were released after the Magistrate Court in Jerusalem ruled there were no legal grounds for the arrests. "The police are misusing their power and distorting the law so as to collaborate with the dangerous project of Judaicizing East Jerusalem," said the Israeli peace group Anarchists Against the Wall.
Army Shoots at Palestinian Farmers and ISM Volunteers Gaza, Near Israel Boarder
1/22/2010 - International Solidarity Movement - 21 January, ISM Gaza - Three ISM volunteers and five farmers from Abu Tayima, Gaza were fired at by the Israeli army as they attempted to sow wheat on their land near the Israeli border. A long awaited rainfall in Gaza several days ago created good conditions for wheat sowing on this dangerous plot of land where in the past farmers were shot at by the Israeli soldiers as they patrol the border. One hour after arriving when sowing and ploughing were in full swing, two Israeli army jeeps drove alongside the border fence and stopped. A number of soldiers were seen moving between the two jeeps and soon opened fire on the unarmed farmers and volunteers. The farmers withdrew to the safer area while ISM volunteers remained in the field and used loudspeakers to inform the Israeli soldiers that they were firing at unarmed civilians working on their land who posed no threat.
6 hurt in Palestinian protest against 'settler land grab'
YNet News 22 Jan 2010 - Nabi Saleh residents, left-wing activists rally against 'attempt by Jews to take over village land'; six arrested. Protests also held in Bilin, Naalin against security fence
Local: Settlers attack cemetery in West Bank village
1/20/2010 - Nablus - Ma'an - Israeli settlers attacked a cemetery on Wednesday in the Orta Village, southeast of Nablus, and vandalized graves, officials said. Ghassan Doghlas, official for the settlement file in the West Bank, said additionally that Israeli settlers broke the gate to the village school and left graffiti on the walls. Abu Salam Awad, 38, and a teacher in Orta, told Ma'an that dozens of settlers raided the village at 10pm on Tuesday, accompanied by Israeli troops, saying they were visiting a Jewish holy shrine in the village. Awad said that graves had been vandalized and property was damaged. Doghlas confirmed that the settlers visited a Jewish site in the Orta village. . . . .
Israel's military continues to target anti wall protest organizers
PNN 18 Jan 2010 - Four Palestinian civilians were kidnapped by Israeli troops during a pre dawn invasion targeting the village of Nil'in, central West Bank. Israeli troops told their families that they have been kidnapped for their involvement in the weekly nonviolent protests against the Israeli built wall on villager's lands.Around 100 Israeli soldiers stormed the small village near Ramallah. Troops searched a number of homes...
Israel tries to silence political protest
1/19/2010 - International Solidarity Movement - Ben Hubbard, Washington Post - Israel is arresting a growing number of prominent opponents to its policies toward the Palestinians, say critics who are accusing the government of trying to crush legitimate dissent. In the most high-profile case yet, Jerusalem police detained the head of a leading Israeli human rights group during a vigil against the eviction of Palestinian families whose homes were taken by Jewish settlers. Since the summer, dozens of Palestinian and Israeli activists have been picked up, including those organizing weekly protests against Israel's West Bank separation barrier as well as others advocating international boycotts of Israeli goods. Some of the Palestinians were released without charge only after weeks and months of questioning. The arrests come at a time of shifting tactics in the protests against Israel's occupation of the West Bank and. . .
Alliance of trade unions appeals to Egypt gov’t to stop building its steel wall
PIC 19 Jan 2010 - The alliance of Palestinian trade unions appealed to the Egyptian government to stop building the steel wall, affirming that the real enemy which threatens the Egyptian security is Israel.
Israel's military continues to target anti wall protest organizers
IMEMC 18 Jan 2010 - Monday January 18, 2010 - 14:15, Four Palestinian civilians were kidnapped by Israeli troops during a pre-dawn invasion targeting the village of Nil'in, central West Bank. Israeli troops told their families that they have been kidnapped for their involvement in the weekly nonviolent protests against the Israeli built wall on villager's lands.
Sheikh Tamimi warns of Al-Aqsa mosque collapsing
1/19/2010 - Jerusalem - Ma'an - Sheikh Tayseer Tamimi, chief Islamic judge for the Palestinian Authority, warned that the Al-Aqsa Mosque suffers from cracks and fissures in the walls, a sign of its impending collapse, as a result of Israeli excavations below it, he said on Monday. Sheikh Tamimi further warned that houses in the surround neighborhood are at risk resulting from the Israeli Antiquities Authority working a night and removing dozens of bags with stones from the excavation site south of the mosque. He further spoke of the rise in extremist Jewish, as well as military intrusion into the compound, including the entry of 50 students from various departments of archeology in Israeli universities to undertake research and of settlers while women prayed, he said. The Sheikh held the Israeli government responsible for the collapses and deterioration around the Al-Aqsa Mosque and its. . .
Israel's military continues to target anti wall protest organizers
PNN 18 Jan 2010 - Four Palestinian civilians were kidnapped by Israeli troops during a pre dawn invasion targeting the village of Nil'in, central West Bank. Israeli troops told their families that they have been kidnapped for their involvement in the weekly nonviolent protests against the Israeli built wall on villager's lands.Around 100 Israeli soldiers stormed the small village near Ramallah. Troops searched a number of homes...
Israel jails Palestinian peace activists
1/18/2010 - International Solidarity Movement - Mel Frykberg, Inter Press Service - Israel has long argued that Palestinians should pursue their political objectives in a non-violent way. However, several prominent Palestinian peace activists have recently been arrested and jailed for doing just that. Abdallah Abu Rahme, 39, the coordinator of the Bi'lin Popular Committee, which has challenged Israel's illegal expropriation of Palestinian land both in an Israeli court and a Canadian one, has been charged with "illegal arms possession, stone throwing and incitement. " The "illegal arms possession" charge relates largely to a protest exhibition Abu Rahme had made out of spent tear-gas canisters and plastic-coated rubber bullets, shot by Israeli soldiers, and assembled to form a large peace sign. The canisters and bullets had been aimed at unarmed demonstrators protesting Israel's separation wall which divides Bi'lin villagers from their agricultural land.
Lebanese protest Egypt's Gaza barrier
YNet News 17 Jan 2010 - Some 200 people in Beirut to protest against construction of underground wall along Egypt-Gaza border; burn US, Israeli flags
Turkey, Israel overcome their diplomatic fight
Daily Star 17 Jan 2010 Turkey and Israel pledged Sunday to maintain military cooperation as the Israeli defense minister visited Ankara after a serious diplomatic row, eager to mend fences with a key Muslim ally. Ehud Barak's one-day trip was the highest-level bilateral visit since Israel's ar on the Gaza Strip last year prompted an unprecedented barrage of criticism from the Islamist-rooted.
Anti-wall activists freed as detentions persist
1/16/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Following months of detention without charge in an Israeli prison, anti-wall activists Mohammad Othman and Jamal Juma have been released, a statement from the senior campaign officer said on Saturday. "Their release is a massive victory. Thank you to everyone who took action to help secure their freedom," the statement said. Juma and Othman work for Stop the Wall, an organization opposed to Israel's construction of the separation wall, which severely limits Palestinians' freedom of movement and leads to the confiscation of agricultural land. Their detention was part of Israel's ongoing crackdown on anti-wall activists. "Your actions made my imprisonment too uncomfortable for the Israeli authorities. We are deeply thankful for all your efforts. The reasons for our arrests were purely political "” an attempt to crush Stop the Wall and the popular committees against the Wall.
Israeli forces invade Bil’in following Friday demonstration, shoot live ammunition
1/16/2010 - International Solidarity Movement - Eight demonstrators were injured today in Bil'in along with dozens who suffered tear-gas inhalation during a regular Friday protest against the Wall and subsequent army invasion into the village. The army used live ammunition, rubber-coated steel bullets and tear-gas grenades and canisters against the unarmed crowd. The demonstration, called by the Bil'in Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements, was joined by dozens of international and Israeli activists. Speeches were made commemorating the Palestinian martyrs, especially the late president Yasser Arafat and Bil'in resident Bassem Abu Rahmah. Bassem died after he was hit by a tear-gas canister the army shot at him from a short distance. Demonstrators marched towards the site of the Apartheid Wall, carrying a twenty-meter long Palestinian flag.
Building a different Middle East
1/16/2010 - International Solidarity Movement - Joel Beinin, The Nation, 15 January - Like every other woman in her village Umm Hasan wears a headscarf. Her husband and other male relatives are not on the scene. But this is not an obstacle to her animated interactions with the sixteen Israelis and foreigners she has never previously met but welcomes into her home. Among the visitors are a German and a Serb who are making a film about Palestinian hip-hop. Everyone has come to participate in the weekly demonstration against the separation barrier organized by the local Popular Committee. While the Israelis make preparations for the demonstration, Umm Hasan tells the filmmakers about the current situation in the village. Neria, a young Israeli woman who attended a bilingual primary school, makes a poster in Arabic and Hebrew, "so the [Israeli] soldiers will know what it means" with the slogan: "They destroyed the wall in Berlin; tomorrow we'll destroy it in Palestine. . . "
IOF troops wreak havoc in village, attack funeral and shell Gaza
PIC 16 Jan 2010 - Israeli occupation forces on Friday stormed and wreaked havoc in the Masara village, Bethlehem district, and blocked its weekly anti wall march, locals reported.
Demonstrators met with live ammunition in Bil’in Village
IMEMC 15 Jan 2010 - Friday January 15, 2010 - 17:08, On Friday in Bil’in village, central West Bank, demonstrators against the Israeli built wall and illegal Israeli settlements were met with live ammunition, tear gas (in both plastic and aluminum canisters), rubber bullets, and sound bombs from the Israeli army.
Israeli troops disrupt anti-wall demonstration
1/15/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Israeli forces dispersed a demonstration on Friday held weekly near the separation wall in the Al-Ma'sara village, south Bethlehem. As protestors arrived, Israeli troops erected wiring to prevent the demonstrators from accessing land threatened with confiscation as Israel continues the construction of the separation wall. Attempts to remove the wiring led to forceful intervention by Israeli forces. Demonstrators protest weekly near the wall in Al-Ma'sara village to condemn the wall and Israeli practices against Palestinian farmers in the West Bank who are often prohibited from tending to their land because of Israeli military constructs and the separation wall, which are deemed military zones off limits to civilian access. On Wednesday Two Palestinians and one child were injured on Tuesday as Israeli forces prohibited farmers from tending to their land in. . .
Egypt prevents local convoy from bringing aid to Gaza
1/15/2010 - Al-Arish - Ma'an - Egyptian security forces in Cairo dispersed a local initiative to deliver aid to Gaza, organized by Dr Mustafa Khalil's Kifaya Movement, as it began transporting supplies to the country's northern border for transfer into Gaza, the group reported. Under the motto, "No to the wall, no to the siege," the group affiliated to Egypt's Labor Party under the movement's Chairman Muhammad As-Sikhawi gathered in Cairo near the headquarters of the Journalist Syndicate, but were dispersed by Egyptian police. Khalil said the group was planning to travel to Al-Ismailia City then on to the Rafah crossing with Gaza. The move to disperse the assembly for Gaza underlines the new Egyptian position following unrest in the country when two large groups of international activists entered the country in efforts to commemorate the Israeli war on Gaza last year - the Gaza Freedom. . .
Fatah members join anti-wall protests; Sha’ath injured
1/15/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Anti-wall rallies continued Friday in Palestinian villages affected by Israel's separation wall, seeing at least ten injured including members of the Fatah party who were out at two sites showing support for villagers. In addition to the weekly protests in Bil'in, Na'lin and Al-Ma'asara, an anti-wall protest was staged in the Jerusalem-area village of Nabi Salaeh, northwest of the holy city. Fatah leaders Tawfiq At-Tirawui and Mahmoud Al-A'lul, both members of the party's Central Committee, participated in the event. At-Tirawi told Ma'an the rally was peaceful until it was attacked by the Israeli soldiers, and noted that at least four protesters sustained serious bruises during the attack. He voiced Fatah's continued support for the peaceful demonstrations, and promised increased presence from party members at the events.
Counterpoint: Up against the Wall
Jeruslalem Post 15 Jan 2010 - Hyperbolic analogies to "elsewhere" create an image of Israel abroad as a clone of the Taliban.
Night Raids and Arrests of West Bank Popular Leaders Continue
1/16/2010 - International Solidarity Movement - Popular Struggle Co-ordination Committee, 15 January - In the early hours of the morning, dozens of soldiers invaded the village of alMaasara - a site of weekly peaceful demonstrations for over three years - and surrounded the houses of Popular Committee members Mohammed Barjiya and Mahmoud Zwahre. Both Barjiya and Zwahre were warned about that repercussions will follow if they do not stop organizing protests in the village. Zwahre was even threatened that a child may end up dead. The night before, a large contingent of soldiers invaded the village of Beit Duqqu North West of Jerusalem and arrested Sa'id Yaqim, a member of the Palestinian National Committee Against the Wall. Yaqim's arrest is a direct continuation of a recent Israeli wave of arrests aimed to suppress the Palestinian unarmed struggle. Thursday's arrest follows the detention of three members of the Popular Committee in the village of Ni'iln and a long-standing arrest campaign in the village of Bil'in.
Fencing match
1/15/2010 - International Solidarity Movement - Avi Issacharoff, Ha'aretz - BIL'IN-NA'ALIN – Friday, 11 A. M. There is another hour until the onset of the weekly ritual. The participants are in face-off mode. On the "Israeli" side of the fence, south of the village of Na'alin – a three-minute drive from the city of Modi'in, which is halfway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv – many Israel Defense Forces and Border Police jeeps have taken their places, along with the officers, the binoculars and the weapons. All the entrances to the village have been blocked to ensure the enemy cannot send in reinforcements. It's January 1, 2010, the anniversary of the establishment of Fatah, and the movement has decided to mark the event at the traditional Friday demonstration in the village. Israeli intelligence forecasts a particularly high turnout. About 10 minutes away, Mohammed Khatib, a 36-year-old father of four, is walking around near the mosque in Bil'in and smiling like a little boy.
Baraka: Egypt’s steel wall serious threat to the Palestinian people
PIC 15 Jan 2010 - Ali Baraka said on Thursday that the steel wall that Egypt is constructing along the borders with the Gaza Strip was more dangerous than the Israeli wall.
Rubber bullets fail to disperse Bil’in demonstration
Mondoweiss - 15 Jan 2010 - Friends of Freedom and Justice , Bil’in, report that "live ammunition" was used on the weekly demonstration against the confiscatory wall, apparently rubber bullets: Today in Bil’in village demonstrators against the apartheid wall and illegal Israeli settlements were met with live ammunition, tear gas (in both plastic...
Israeli forces detain two anti-wall organizers in Ni’lin
1/14/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Coordinator of the Popular Committee Against the Wall in Ni'lin, Ibrahim Amirah, was detained by Israeli forces Tuesday evening along withZaydan Srour, reportedly for their involvement in organizing anti-wall activities. A statement issued by supporters said the men were detained at 3am when 15 armored Israeli jeeps and a hundred soldiers stormed the village of Ni'lin and surrounded Amirah's home. "After forcefully entering his home, soldiers extracted Amirah from his bed, searched the house and arrested him," the statement quoted witnesses as saying. Additionally, the Army raided the homes of Hassan Mousa and Zaidoun Srour. Hassan Mousa, a high school teacher in the village and a member of the Popular Committee, was released after being initially detained. Srour, a well known activist in the village, was detained alongside Amirah.
Israeli settlers set fire to cars near Nablus
1/15/2010 - Nablus - Ma'an - Israeli settlers torched three cars and a tractor outside Immatin village west of Nablus overnight, leaving residents to find the skeleton's of the vehicles Thursday morning. Ghassan Doghlas, an official with the settlements file in the northern West Bank, toldMa'an that a number of settlers from Shafit Gilad, an illegal outpost in the Qedumim settlement bloc, exited the fenced-off area and entered the lands around the village, not ten meters from its main gate. Doughlas said the incident occurred at 1:30am. The cars belonged to Ayyad Sawwan, Muhammad Ghanem and Ibrahim Ghanem, who also owned the vandalized tractor, Doughlas said, noting several residents witnessed the setters lighting the fires under the cars, and saw them escape into the hills toward the settlement. . . . .
Israeli troops snatch three from Tulkarem area
1/14/2010 - Tulkarem - Ma'an - Israeli forces detained three citizens from Tulkarem in broad daylight and took them to an unknown destination on Thursday, witnesses said. Two ofthe men were taken from the Ar-Ras and Kfar Saour villages south of Tulkarem as they worked surveying land adjacent to the separation wall. Locals identified them as Sinan Amir and Muhammad Taher. Troops raided the home of university student Muhammad Radad north of Tulkarem and also took him to an unknown location. [end]
Egypt: TNT cache found in Sinai en route to Gaza
1/14/2010 - Al-Arish - Egyptian security forces said they seized a cache of explosives in the northern Sinai after receiving information on stores of the goods waiting to be transported into the Gaza via the tunnels. The security source said the explosives were found in a one-meter-deep hole in the desert, with approximately 50 kilograms of dynemite adn some other materials likey used in previous wars fought in the Sinai. The announcement comes as Egypt continues to build a steel wall beneath the Gaza-Egypt border in what it says is an effort to stop arms smuggling between the areas. The tunnels have been a lifeline for Gazans, faced with a crippling siege imposed by Israel, which controls the major crossings into the area. . . . .
Jamal Juma' Has Been Released
Alternative Information Center 13 Jan 2010 - Jamal Juma’, the coordinator of the Stop the Wall Campaign has been released yesterday evening after a month long detention in Israeli jails. He had been called for interrogation and then arrested on December 16. Yesterday,...
Leading Stop the Wall activists released from jail
PNN 14 Jan 2010 - After almost four months in Israeli custody without charge, nearly half that time spent in the legally dubious administrative detention, . Mohammad Othman left the prison walls behind, taking his first free steps in months, before crossing Israel’s wall, heading home. “I’m still in shock about being free, but am so happy and relieved,” the youth coordinator from the Stop the Wall campaign...
Jamal Juma' Has Been Released
Alternative Information Center - 13 Jan 2010 - Jamal Juma’, the coordinator of the Stop the Wall Campaign has been released yesterday evening after a month long detention in Israeli jails. He had been called for interrogation and then arrested on December 16. Yesterday, the military court decided for Jamal’s release.
Jamal Juma' Has Been Released
Uruknet January 13, 2010 - Jamal Juma’, the coordinator of the Stop the Wall Campaign has been released yesterday evening after a month long detention in Israeli jails. He had been called for interrogation and then arrested on December 16. Yesterday, the military court decided for Jamal’s release. Like for the other Palestinian human rights defenders in Israeli jails, there was...
Egypt's steel wall threatens Gaza's lifeline
13 Jan 2010 - Gaza, January 13, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) - Cairo's move to pressure Hamas threatening more humanitarian disasters in Israeli-besieged Gaza. The construction of a new underground wall and recent border clashes have frayed relations between Hamas and Egypt and could threaten Gaza's main lifeline in Gaza, analysts say. Citing national security, Egypt is now building an underground iron wall in a...
Jamal Juma' Has Been Released
Alternative Information Center 13 Jan 2010 - Jamal Juma’, the coordinator of the Stop the Wall Campaign has been released yesterday evening after a month long detention in Israeli jails. He had been called for interrogation and then arrested on December 16. Yesterday,...
Ni’ilin Activist’s Home Raided
1/13/2010 - International Solidarity Movement - At approximately 1:30 am three military jeeps and over a dozen soldiers invaded the village of Ni'ilin and surrounded the home of elementary school teacher and organizer Mohammed Amirah. Two officers and a handful of soldiers than entered Amirah's home, carefully went through his family's belongings and questioned him about his family, occupation and phone numbers. After about an hour in Amirah's residence, the soldiers have left, and headed out of the village. In the past week the army has staged night-raids into Ni'ilin every single day with no exception, and tonight's raid follows the arrest of three prominent Ni'ilin activists last night. Background: Israel began construction of the Wall on Ni'lin's land in 2004, but stopped after an injunction order issued by the Israeli Supreme Court (ISC). Despite the previous order and a 2004 ruling from the International Court of Justice declaring. . . .
Join the sail to Gaza this spring
1/13/2010 - International Solidarity Movement - Free Gaza Movement, 12 January - ‘We're Sailing Again - Join Us!' - This spring, the Free Gaza Movement is sending at least six boats to Gaza to break Israel's illegal blockade on 1. 5 million Palestinians. This blockade constitutes an act of collective punishment, a crime prohibited under international humanitarian law. Gaza's man-made and internationally perpetuated crisis is set to deepen as Egypt builds an Iron wall 30 meters deep and 20 meters high on the southern Rafah border, closing off the final route for Palestinians to get basic supplies. The urgency of breaking the blockade grows by the day, as Palestinians living in this prison are denied their most basic rights. Our mission will include two boats committed by a Turkish NGO plus a cargo ship purchased with donations from the Malaysian people. This ship will be loaded with cement, water filtration systems and paper. . . .
Free Abdallah Abu Rahmah
1/13/2010 - International Solidarity Movement - Popular Struggle Coordination Committee - On the night of International Human Right Day, Thursday December 10th, at 2am, Abdallah Abu Rahmah was arrested from his home in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Seven military jeeps surrounded his house, and Israeli soldiers broke the door, extracted Abdallah from his bed, and, after briefly allowing him to say goodbye to his wife Majida and their three children "” seven year-old Luma, five year-old Lian and eight month-old baby Laith, they blindfolded him and took him into custody. Abu Rahmah did not find himself behind bars because he is a dangerous man. Abdallah, who is amongst the leaders of the Palestinian village of Bil'in, is viewed as a threat for his work in the five-year unarmed struggle to save the village's land from Israel's wall and expanding settlements. Last summer Abdallah was standing shoulder to shoulder in his village. . . "
Tense relations with Egypt threaten Hamas' Gaza lifeline
Daily Star 13 Jan 2010 GAZA CITY: The construction of a new underground wall and recent border clashes have frayed relations between Hamas and Egypt and could threaten the Islamist movement's main lifeline in Gaza, analysts say. Since Hamas seized power in Gaza in 2007 it has relied on smuggling tunnels under the border with Egypt to defy Israeli sanctions and its leaders have used frequent trips to Cairo to escape international isolation.
After a month long detention in Israeli jails, Jamal Juma is free
Palestine Monitor - 13 Jan 2010 - Jamal Juma', the coordinator of the Stop the Wall Campaign has been released yesterday evening after a month long detention in Israeli jails. He had been called for interrogation and then arrested on December 16. Yesterday, the military court decided for Jamal's release Jamal Juma' comments...
Jamal Juma' Has Been Released
Alternative Information Center - 13 Jan 2010 - Jamal Juma’, the coordinator of the Stop the Wall Campaign has been released yesterday evening after a month long detention in Israeli jails. He had been called for interrogation and then arrested on December 16. Yesterday, the military court decided for Jamal’s release.
Protesters arrested in 2 West Bank villages
1/13/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Israeli forces raided the central West Bank villages of Nil'in and Bil'in early Tuesday morning and detained three activists involved with the anti-wall movement. Two detainees from Nil'in were identified as Ibrahim Ameera, coordinator of the local branch of the Popular Committee Against the Wall, and another man named Zaydoun Surour. Clashes were reported during the incursion, but there were no reports of injury. In the nearby village of Bil'in, Israeli soldiers detained a young man, identified as Muhammad Ali Yasin. Israeli forces raided his home after midnight, forced relatives onto the street, and took Yasin elsewhere, according to Dr Rateb Abu Rahmah, a member of the local Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements. Abu Rahmah added that Yasin had been wanted by Israeli forces for about five months, accused of participation in the village's weekly demonstrations.
West Bank Popular Leaders Arrested in Ni’ilin
1/12/2010 - International Solidarity Movement - Popular Struggle Coordination Committee - Ibrahim Amirah and Hassan Mousa, members of the Popular Committee Against the Wall in Ni'ilin, were arrested tonight from his home during a night-time raid tonight. Amirah and Mousa, together with another man, Zaydoun Srour, were arrested under suspicion of organizing anti-Wall demonstrations in the village. At around 3:00am tonight, a military force of 15 armored jeeps and about a hundred Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Ni'ilin and surrounded the home of Ibrahim Amirah, the coordinator of Ni'lin's Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements. After forcefully entering his home, soldiers extracted Amirah from his bed, searched the house and arrested him. Amirah has previously been arrested twice under the same suspicion of organizing demonstrations against the Wall in Ni'lin, but was never charged.
Letters: Israel and protests against the wall
The Guardian 12 Jan 2010 - In recent months Palestinians campaigning against the wall in the occupied West Bank have been targeted as part of a vicious crackdown on their freedom of expression and association. Residential areas affected by the wall –...
ISRAEL ANNOUNCES NEW 'WALL' ALONG BORDER WITH EGYPT
Relief Web 12 Jan 2010 - Source: Missionary International Service News Agency
Amnesty: Israeli Detention of Palestinian Activists Must End
11 Jan 2010 - Palestine, January 11, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) - The Israeli authorities must immediately release, or bring before a fair trial, three Palestinian human rights activists detained in Israel following their protests against the construction of the West Bank fence/wall, Amnesty International said on Friday. In a letter sent to Ehud Barak, Israeli Defence and Deputy Prime Minister on Thursday, Amnesty International...
Israel plans wall for Egypt border
AlJazeera 11 Jan 2010 - Israel's premier authorises new barrier on part of the Egyptian-Israeli border.
Police: Fence along Sinai border vital
Jeruslalem Post 11 Jan 2010 - Israel needs fence to prevent drug, arms smuggling, human trafficking, Southern District chief says.
Israel to build surveillance fence along Egyptian border
The Guardian 11 Jan 2010 - Prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu says £170m project will close border to 'infiltrators and terrorists' Israel is to build a fence equipped with advanced surveillance tools along part of its border with Egypt to keep out African...
Israel Approves Construction Of Wall Along Egypt Border
IMEMC 11 Jan 2010 - Monday January 11, 2010 - 11:31, The Israeli government has officially approved on Sunday at night the construction of a Wall along its border with Egypt.
Activists enter Gaza buffer zone
1/11/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - Dozens of Palestinian and foreign activists began on Monday the first of weekly demonstrations against Israel's creation of a buffer zone between the Green Line and the northern and eastern borders of the Gaza Strip. Saber Az-Za'aneen, coordinator of the local committee that organized the protests, said they were joined by foreign participants in the intended "security zone," reaching approximately 100 meters of the separation wall in Beit Hanoun. Az-Za'aneen told Ma'an that the committee hopes to see participation grow, in order to protect farmers, who are most affected by the decision, and to assist them in gaining entry to their agricultural land. The Israeli army dropped leaflets across Gaza, informing its residents of the new areas that are no longer accessible to the population. . . . .
Israel OKs fence on Egyptian border to halt refugee flow
Daily Star 11 Jan 2010 srael will construct fences on its long and porous southern desert border with Egypt in a bid to halt a growing flood of African refugees and asylum seekers who have poured into the country in recent years, officials said Monday. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said two fences would run along parts of the 250-kilometer southern border with Egypt.
Egyptian delegation to enter Gaza Strip
1/11/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - A delegation of Egyptian politicians and actors is due to reach Gaza next Friday, the de facto government's Anti-Siege Committee announced on Monday. Under the banner "No Siege and No Wall," the visit was organized by the Egyptian Labor and Karama parties as well as the Kifaya movement, a statement from the committee said. The delegation reportedly will include Dr Diyaa Sawi, Dr Muhammad Sab'awi, Dr Najla Qayloubi, wife of detained Labor leader Majdi Hussein, as well as Sheikh Abu Omar Al-Masri. Egyptian actors Abdul Aziz Makhyoun and Muhsina Tawfiq were also scheduled to join the delegation. The group awaits permission from the Egyptian authorities but will enter with a "symbolic gifts" for the people of Gaza, the statement read. Meanwhile, dozens of Palestinian and foreign activists began on Monday the first of weekly demonstrations against Israel's. . .
Israel to build wall along Egyptian border
1/11/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an/Agencies - Israel approved on Sunday the construction of a barrier along its border with Egypt, Israeli media reported on Monday. "I took the decision to close Israel's southern border to infiltrators and terrorists. This is a strategic decision to secure Israel's Jewish and democratic character," said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a statement. In recent weeks, the number of African migrants detained by Egypt whilst trying to enter Israel has increased. On Sunday, Egyptian security sources revealed thatsecurity forces thwarted two attempts by African migrants to enter Israel through Egypt's Sinai border. Many have been shot dead at the border by Egypt. "We cannot let tens of thousands of illegal workers infiltrate into Israel through the southern border and inundate our country with illegal aliens," Netanyahu added.
Hamas: Israeli decision to build wall with Egypt reveals scheme
PIC 11 Jan 2010 - Hamas on Monday said that the Israeli decision to build an electronic wall along its borders with Egypt revealed that the construction of Egypt's steel wall had nothing to do with Egyptian security.
Egypt says Israel's plan for border fence 'not our concern'
Ha'aretz 11 Jan 2010 - Cairo denies link between Israel's barrier and its own wall now being constructed between Egypt and Gaza.
Israel to build NIS 1.5b fence along Egypt border
Ha'aretz 11 Jan 2010 - Netanyahu approves plan to prevent migrant workers from infiltrating and 'ensure Jewish character' of Israel.
125,000 Jerusalem residents “could lose residence rights”
Uruknet January 11, 2010 - The Jerusalem Centre for Social and Economic Rights (JCSER) has claimed that over 125,000 Palestinian residents of Jerusalem could eventually have been stripped of the right to live in their city because of the separation wall and the Judaisation policies adopted by successive Israeli governments. JCSER warns that Jerusalem is being subjected to the most dangerous...
Anti-wall movement leader remanded
1/10/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Abdallah Abu Rahmah of the Bil'in Popular Committee Against the Wall was remanded until the end of legal proceedings in an Israeli military court on Sunday. He was charged with incitement, stone-throwing and an arms possession charge for collecting and displaying used tear-gas canisters shot at demonstrators in Bil'in by the army. On receiving the indictment, Adv. Gaby Lasky, Abu Rahmah's lawyer, said that "The army shoots at unarmed demonstrators, and when they try to show the violence used against them to the world by collecting and displaying the remnant tear-gas canisters - they are persecuted and prosecuted. What's next? Charging protesters money for the bullets shot at them? " On December 10, International Day of Human Rights, one year after receiving Carl Von Ossietzky Medal from the International League for Human Rights, Abu Rahmah was arrested during an Israeli late-night raid.
Egyptian forces detain 8 African migrants
1/10/2010 - Al-Arish - Ma'an - Egyptian security forces thwarted two attempts by African migrants to enter Israel through Egypt's Sinai border, security sources said on Sunday. The first group of six migrants were apprehended by Egyptian forces as they attempted to cross into Israel over its border fence in central Sinai, sources said, adding that forces opened fire and surrounded the group before detaining them. Two Eritrean nationals were later detained attempting to breach the same crossing point, the sources added. Those arrested told Egyptian forces that they were seeking employment in Israel, having paid 1,000 US dollars each to human traffickers who guaranteed to smuggle them over the border. . . . .
Bil’in organizer Abdallah Abu Rahmah remanded until the end of legal proceedings
1/10/2010 - International Solidarity Movement - Popular Struggle Coordination Committee - Abdallah Abu Rahmah, coordinator of the Bil'in Popular Committee Against the Wall, was remanded until the end of legal proceedings today in an Israeli military court. Abu Rahmah is charged with incitement, stone-throwing and a ridiculous arms possession charge for collecting and displaying used tear gas canisters shot at demonstrators in Bil'in by the army. A judge in the Ofer military court has ordered the remand of Abdallah Abu Rahmah until the end of legal procedures against him. Abu Rahmah, a high school teacher and the coordinator of the Popular Committee Against the Wall in Bil'in is charged with incitement, stone throwing and possession of illegal arm. The latter charge was pressed against Abu Rahmah for collecting and displaying used tear gas canisters shot at demonstrators in Bil'in by the army.
Illegal settlers and Israeli military attack Palestinian non-violent demonstration against settlement expansion
1/10/2010 - International Solidarity Movement - International Women's Peace Service, 8 January - On January 8, villagers from the Palestinian village of An Nabi Saleh (population approx 500), located in the north of the Ramallah district, held its third demonstration in three weeks against creeping settlement expansion and land confiscation by the illegal Israeli settlement of Hallamish (also known as Neve Tzuf). According to the residents of the village, since the settlement was established illegally on land belonging to An Nabi Saleh in 1977, there have been repeated attempts to expand the settlement. In 2009, the village successfully challenged, in the Israeli courts, the expansion of the settlement fence to land immediately alongside settler highway 465. In the past month, however, illegal settlers residing in Hallamish colony have attempted to re-annex the land alongside the highway, which now divides An Nabi Saleh's land. -- Link: IWPS
European institutions: Egypt's steel wall only serves Israel
PIC 10 Jan 2010 - European institutions supporting the Palestine cause have issued a statement on Saturday saying that the Egyptian steel wall along the borders with Gaza Strip was only serving the Israeli interest.
Amnesty International calls for immediate release of 3 Palestinian non-violent organizers
IMEMC 9 Jan 2010 - Saturday January 09, 2010 - 10:57, The international human rights organization Amnesty International issued a press release Friday saying that Israeli authorities must immediately release, or bring before a fair trial, three Palestinian human rights activists detained in Israel following their protests against the construction of the West Bank wall.
Amnesty calls for Israel to release anti-wall activists
1/9/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Amnesty International launched a letter-writing campaign aiming to secure the release of three Palestinian activists engaged in the struggle to bring down Israel's separation wall in Palestinian areas. The campaign, launched last week, asks Amnesty supporters the world over to write a letter to Brigadier General Avihai Mendelblit, Military Advocate General at the Israeli Defense Forces. The website has an automatic send function and a form letter, which supporters can fill out and add to, then send directly to the military official. The letter refers to the three men, Jamal Juma, Abdallah Abu Rahma and Mohammed Othman, as "human rights activists who have been campaigning for years against the fence/wall by raising awareness about its negative impact on Palestinians, organizing grassroots opposition to it and peacefully demonstrating against it. "
IOA: 50,000 Palestinian Jerusalemites to remain outside Jerusalem
Uruknet January 9, 2010 - The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) has decided that all Palestinians living outside the separation wall that isolated eastern Jerusalem from the West Bank would not be considered inhabitants of the holy city. Hebrew daily Ha'aretz quoted an official responsible for eastern Jerusalem affairs in the Israeli-controlled Jerusalem municipality as saying that those people, although owning the...
Amnesty International: Israeli Detention of Palestinian Activists Must End
Alternative Information Center 8 Jan 2010 - The Israeli authorities must immediately release, or bring before a fair trial, three Palestinian human rights activists detained in Israel following their protests against the construction of the West Bank fence/wall, Amnesty International said on Friday....
Three injuries at weekly demonstration in Bil’in
1/10/2010 - International Solidarity Movement - 8 January - Three residents were injured today in Bil'in along with dozens who suffered gas inhalation in a protest against the Wall and settlement building. The demonstration was called by the Popular Committee Against the Wall in Bil'in and was joined by residents of Bil'in, and international and Israeli activists. The protesters carried posters and banners calling to end the occupation, stop settlement building, stop detention and end the siege on Gaza. The protest marched toward the Wall, where an Israeli military unit was located behind blocks of cement. The army had earlier closed the gate in the Wall with razor wire. When the protesters attempted to reach the land confiscated behind the Wall, the army fired tear gas and rubber bullets. Journalist Abbas Al-Momani and Rateb Abu Rahmah, a member of the Popular Committee, were each hit with tear gas canisters in their heads.
Israeli detention of Palestinian activists must end
1/9/2010 - International Solidarity Movement - Amnesty International - The Israeli authorities must immediately release, or bring before a fair trial, three Palestinian human rights activists detained in Israel following their protests against the construction of the West Bank fence/wall, Amnesty International said on Friday. In a letter sent to Ehud Barak, Israeli Defence and Deputy Prime Minister on Thursday, Amnesty International expressed concern that Jamal Juma', Abdallah Abu Rahma and Mohammed Othman were prisoners of conscience, held for legitimately voicing their opposition to the fence/wall. "These men have all been involved in campaigning against the building of this construction, much of it on the land of the occupied West Bank, and we fear that this is the real reason for their imprisonment," said Malcolm Smart, Director of Amnesty International's Middle East and North Africa Programme.
Israeli Apartheid Video Contest
1/9/2010 - International Solidarity Movement - Put your ideas and convictions on film! - itISapartheid. org, in partnership with Stop the Wall, announce the first international Israeli Apartheid Video Contest - As part of the colonial conflict in Palestine, Israel has instituted a policy of apartheid that separates Palestinians from Israelis and Palestinians from each other, creating an oppressive and racially discriminatory system. It denies basic Palestinian rights to land, education, movement, and housing while devastating the economy, trying to undermine civil society, and forcing continuous displacement upon the majority of Palestinians. You are invited to submit short [less than 5 minutes] videos on the theme of Israeli Apartheid. Videos should reflect the nature, realities, and/or consequences of the apartheid policy in Israel, in the occupied West Bank and Gaza and against Palestinian refugees in the diaspora. -- Link: Put your ideas and convictions on film!
A message of non-violent resistance from within Israeli prison
1/9/2010 - International Solidarity Movement - Majida Abu Rahmah, The Huffington Post - On Tuesday, January 5, I attended the trial of my husband Abdallah Abu Rahmah in an Israeli military detention camp. Ofer Military Base is a dark and dehumanizing place, but I was happy to go there because it meant that I would finally see my husband. I joined my friend Fatima, wife of Adib Abu Rahmah in the crowd of families waiting outside the gates of the base hoping to be admitted. Fatima's husband is another committed nonviolent activist from Bil'in who, like my husband, is being accused of incitement, that is, of encouraging demonstrations against the Wall. Adib and Fatima have nine children. He has been in detention for over six months now. Diplomats from the US, Germany, Sweden and Spain who know Abdallah also came to support him. Just one month ago these diplomats had visited Abdullah in Bil'in and had seen. . .
In West Bank, conditions 'not ripe' for Palestinian uprising
LA Times 9 Jan 2010 - Israelis and Palestinians point to a weak, fractured Palestinian leadership that has disavowed violence, the tight Israeli control and a budding West Bank economy that discourages a new intifada. Born in a refugee camp in this restive West Bank city, Ammar Arafat threw his first stone at 13. At 15, he was jailed for scaling the fence at an Israeli military camp with explosives under his shirt. Upon release, he took up arms again and landed back in prison.
Amnesty International: Israeli Detention of Palestinian Activists Must End
Alternative Information Center - 8 Jan 2010 - The Israeli authorities must immediately release, or bring before a fair trial, three Palestinian human rights activists detained in Israel following their protests against the construction of the West Bank fence/wall, Amnesty International said on Friday. In a letter sent to Ehud Barak, Israeli Defence and...
Nil'in: Israeli troops fail to stop the people from joining the weekly protest
IMEMC 8 Jan 2010 - Friday January 08, 2010 - 16:39, The villagers of Nil'in, central West Bank, organized their weekly protest on Friday against the wall Israel is building on their lands. They were joined this week by international supporters and Palestinian MP Mohammad Mesleh
Two Palestinians, Israeli demonstrators injured in Bil’in
1/8/2010 - Ramallah - Ma'an - Two Palestinians and an Israeli were injured and dozens of other suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation as confrontations erupted during a peaceful protest in the village of Bil'in. The injured were identified as Abbas Al-Maimuny, a journalist,Dr Rateb Abu Rahma, a member in the Popular Committee Against the Wall, who were both struck by teargas canisters. The third injured man was identified as Israeli peace activistEydo Medix. The Palestinian Popular Struggle Front (PPSF), who organized participation in the anti-wall protest, produced banners saying "by struggle the wall will fall" and promised they would work to organize similar demonstrations in all cities and villages affected by Israel's separation wall. . . . .
Two injured at weekly anti-wall rally near Bethlehem
1/8/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Clashes erupted between protestors and soldiers during a demonstration in the Bethlehem-area village of Al-Mas'ara on Friday, activists said. Two protestors were reported injured by tear gas and rubber-coated bullets. Israeli soldiers chased the demonstrators back into the village and blocked its entrance, as well, according to onlookers. Residents of the village were joined by a group of international peace activists who took to the streets in a massive demonstration against the wall and settlements. The rally began following weekly Friday prayers, after which demonstrators took to the streets chanting slogans calling for an end to the Israeli policies of constructing settlements and the wall. The protestors headed to the wall and tried to reach lands located behind it but were attacked by Israeli soldiers, according to witnesses.
Reports: Israeli guard hurt by rock near Bethlehem
1/8/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - An Israeli paramilitary police officer was lightly injured in the stomach from rocks thrown by Palestinians and other protesters near Bethlehem on Friday afternoon, according to Israeli news reports. The demonstrators were reportedly attending one of the weekly protests against Israel's separation barrier, much of which was constructed on privately owned Palestinian land. The officer received treatment onsite, various reports said. [end]
Amnesty International: Israeli detention of Palestinian activists must end
Uruknet January 8, 2010 - The Israeli authorities must immediately release, or bring before a fair trial, three Palestinian human rights activists detained in Israel following their protests against the construction of the West Bank fence/wall, Amnesty International said on Friday. In a letter sent to Ehud Barak, Israeli Defence and Deputy Prime Minister on Thursday, Amnesty International expressed concern that...
Amnesty International: Israeli Detention of Palestinian Activists Must End
Alternative Information Center 8 Jan 2010 - The Israeli authorities must immediately release, or bring before a fair trial, three Palestinian human rights activists detained in Israel following their protests against the construction of the West Bank fence/wall, Amnesty International said on Friday....
'Israel foregoing J'lem villages on other side of fence'
YNet News 8 Jan 2010 - Surprising statements are made by Yakir Segev who holds east Jerusalem portfolio and member of Mayor Nir Barkat's faction. In conference on Thursday, he says, Fence built on this route for demographic reason – to remove 50,000 Arabs from Jerusalem.' Result: Municipal chaos in villages left outside fence. In bid to solve issue, budget cut off to community boards in Jerusalem vicinity villages
Amnesty urges Israel to release or try three Palestinians
Daily Star 8 Jan 2010 Human rights group Amnesty International urged Israel on Friday to release or fairly try three Palestinian jailed for protesting against the West Bank separation barrier. The three, two of whom are held without charges, may be "prisoners of conscience, held for legitimately voicing their opposition to the fence/wall," Amnesty said in a letter to Defense Minister Ehud Barak.
Israeli excavations in Jerusalem threaten wall of the old city
PIC 8 Jan 2010 - Zionist antiquities authority began on Thursday morning excavations between Bab Al-Amoud and Sulaiman's cave near the wall of the old city of Jerusalem, according to PIC correspondent.
Amnesty International: Israeli Detention of Palestinian Activists Must End
Alternative Information Center - 8 Jan 2010 - The Israeli authorities must immediately release, or bring before a fair trial, three Palestinian human rights activists detained in Israel following their protests against the construction of the West Bank fence/wall, Amnesty International said on Friday. In a letter sent to Ehud Barak, Israeli Defence and...
Abdallah Abu Rahmah: No army, no prison and no wall can stop us
Uruknet January 6, 2010 - To all our friends, I mark the beginning of the new decade imprisoned in a military detention camp. Nevertheless, from within the occupation′s holding cell I meet the New Year with determination and hope. I know that Israel’s military campaign to imprison the leadership of the Palestinian popular struggle shows that our non-violent struggle is effective....
Abdallah Abu Rahmah: No army, no prison and no wall can stop us
1/6/2010 - International Solidarity Movement - Free Abdallah Abu Rahmah - To all our friends, I mark the beginning of the new decade imprisoned in a military detention camp. Nevertheless, from within the occupation"˛s holding cell I meet the New Year with determination and hope. I know that Israel's military campaign to imprison the leadership of the Palestinian popular struggle shows that our non-violent struggle is effective. The occupation is threatened by our growing movement and is therefore trying to shut us down. What Israel"˛s leaders do not understand is that popular struggle cannot be stopped by our imprisonment. Whether we are confined in the open-air prison that Gaza has been transformed into, in military prisons in the West Bank, or in our own villages surrounded by the Apartheid Wall, arrests and persecution do not weaken us. They only strengthen our commitment to turning 2010 into a year of liberation through unarmed grassroots resistance to the occupation.
Israel Fears Popular struggle
Palestine Monitor - 6 Jan 2010 - Dozens of people, including diplomats, Palestinian and Israeli activists gathered on Monday at Ofer detention camp an Israeli military prison in the West Bank to show their support and solidarity with Jamal Juma, Coordinator of the Stop the Wall Campaign. The demonstration coincided with an extension...
Anti-wall activists rally outside prison
1/4/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Anti-wall activists demonstrated outside Israel's Ofer Prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah on Monday to demand the release of detained activist Jamal Juma to concide with the convening of his military court hearing. Jamal Juma, 47, the coordinator of the Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall campaign was detained on 16 December 2009 without being charged and is considered "a prisoner of conscience" the organizers of the rally said in a statement on Monday. "Palestinians, Israelis and international supporters will rally to demand the release of Jamal Juma' and other imprisoned anti-Wall activists and also call for an end to the widespread repression of Palestinian human rights defenders. Protesters will further call for the Apartheid Wall to be torn down. " Juma, a high profile human rights defender and activist, was detained in the recent. . .
My Husband: Jailed for Protesting Israel’s Wall
1/4/2010 - International Solidarity Movement - Majida Abu Rahmah, Huffington Post - On International Human Rights Day in last year, my husband Abdallah Abu Rahmah was in Berlin receiving a medal from the World Association for Human Rights. This year on the same day, December 10th, Abdallah was taken away at 2am by Israeli soldiers who broke into our West Bank home. Abdallah was arrested for the same reasons he received the prize – his nonviolent struggle for justice, equality and peace in Israel/Palestine. My husband is a school teacher and farmer from the Palestinian village of Bil'in. When Israel built its apartheid wall here, it separated Bil'in from more than half of its land, in order to facilitate the expansion of the illegal settlement Mattityahu East. In response, Abdallah and fellow villagers began a campaign of nonviolent resistance. Every Friday for the past five years, we've marched, with Israeli and international supporters, to protest the theft of our land and livelihoods.
MP Mansour: Closure of Shujaia crossing, steel wall execution sentence
PIC 4 Jan 2010 - MP Mona Mansour has condemned the Israeli decision to close the Shujaia crossing (Nahal Oz) with Gaza once and for all, describing it as "repressive".
In Israel, a highway that divides
LA Times 4 Jan 2010 - Highway 443 cuts through Palestinian territory but has been closed to Palestinians since 2002, after several Israeli drivers were fatally attacked. Now it's reopening, and so are some national wounds. Cruising down this disputed four-lane highway, with all its twists and turns, is like taking a road trip through the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. You pass the walls and barriers that keep Palestinians from accessing Highway 443 as it slices through their land. Then there are the hazardous corridors where Israeli drivers have been shot and killed.
Two young men from Bil’in arrested on 29 December 2009 still held by Israeli military
1/3/2010 - International Solidarity Movement - Hamouda Imad Yassin (16) and Ibrahim Khalil Yassin (16), two young men from Bil'in, who were arrested on 29 December 2009 during a night raid on the West Bank village, are still being held by the Israeli military. The boys were arrested at 2am on Tuesday, 29 December 2009, when the Israeli army, composed of a number of military jeeps and approximately 50 soldiers on foot, invaded the village and raided their houses. They are still being held by the military, while their relatives are being kept in the dark as of when they will be released and the legal reasons for their detention. The only explanation given by the Israeli authorities was that they detained Hamouda and Khalil in order to ensure their presence as witnesses at a hearing with Mohammad Khatib, member of the Bil'in Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements, that was scheduled to take place later that day, 29 December 2009 at the Ofer military prison.
[uruknet.info] Targeting human rights defenders
Uruknet January 2, 2010 - I remember the day I first met Jamal Juma'. He was speaking at a United Nations conference in 2003 about the damage being done by Israel's wall. The audience was shocked: Many had heard that Israel had started carving a wall in the West Bank in 2002, but they had no idea it could already be...
Eight year old boy shot in his head by rubber-coated steel bullet, two arrested during Ni’lin’s weekly protest
1/2/2010 - International Solidarity Movement - 1 January 2010 - During today's demonstration in Ni'lin - marking the anniversary of the Fatah movement - one eight year old boy was injured in the head with a rubber-coated steel bullet and two teenage boys (15 and 17 years old) arrested. Around 500 people, including international and Israeli activists attended today's weekly Friday protest against the Apartheid Wall in Ni'lin. Ni'lin celebrated the anniversary of the Fatah movement, hereby attracting a large number of people for this week's demonstration, including high profile Fatah members such as dr. Sabri Saydam, Tawfiq Terawi, Ra'ed Radwan and Mahmoud Aloul. The Israeli army had closed the entrance of the village, but many people managed to get into the village to attend the event. After the Friday prayer and a speech by Mahmoud Aloul, participants marched towards the Apartheid Wall, chanting slogans and calling for national unity in order to overcome the occupation.
Barhoum: Zionist escalation, steel wall meant to pressure Hamas
PIC 3 Jan 2010 - The recent spate of Israeli escalation of military attacks on the Gaza Strip affirms continuation of Israel's aggression and its intent on strangling the Strip encouraged by the world's silence.
Anti-wall activists say boy shot in head
1/2/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Israeli forces shot an eight-year-old Palestinian boy in the head with a rubber-coated bullet in the West Bank village of Nil'in on Friday afternoon, local activists said. The boy, who was not identified, was taken to a Ramallah hospital for treatment, according to the Popular Committee Against the Wall, which said he was sent home with six stitches. The committee said in a statement that soldiers beat and arrested two teenagers, identified only as residents of Shuqba, a neighboring village, aged 15 and 17, and that Red Crescent volunteers "tried to come to their rescue. Soldiers then assaulted one medical volunteer - Juma'a Khawaja, he was beaten with a gun. " An Israeli military spokesman said he was unaware of any injuries, but that "300 rioters threw rocks at security forces, who responded with riot-control means. . . "
Report: Settlement construction booming
1/2/2010 - Jerusalem - Ma'an/Agencies - Despite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's professed 10-month settlement freeze, construction in dozens of supposedly frozen areas is booming, an Israeli newspaper reported Thursday. The Israeli daily Haaretz said reporters toured West Bank settlements on Wednesday and witnessed work being carried out in the Bakran and Ariel industrial zones, as well as the construction of housing at Ariel, Elkana North, Peduel and Kfar Tapuah. The construction, being carried out mostly east of the separation wall on the eve of US special envoy George Mitchell's expected visit, continued unabated despite the presence of Israeli patrols, the report said. A sign at Kfar Tapuah announced plans for constructing 65 new housing units, according to the newspaper. "In all the sites mentioned there is evidence of heavy equipment preparing the ground for construction or for the creation of suitable infrastructure," the report added. -- Link: Construction in West Bank settlements booming despite declared freeze
Anti-wall protesters express solidarity with Gaza
1/1/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Israeli soldiers fired tear gas and stun grenades at Palestinian, Israeli, and international demonstrators in at least three West Bank villages on Friday. In the village of Bil'in, west of Ramallah, protesters marched toward the separation wall that Israel is building on the town's land. The village's Popular Committee said this week's demonstration carried a message of solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, marking the one-year anniversary of the military offensive that killed more than 1,400 people. The Popular Committee said in a statement: "When the march reached the gate of the Apartheid Wall the Israeli military stationed on the other side of the wall immediately responded by throwing tear-gas at the demonstrators and shooting sound grenades. " "Despite the violence from the army, the demonstrators managed to open the gate in the wall in an. . . "
Bil’in demonstrators call for the end of the Siege of Gaza
1/1/2010 - International Solidarity Movement - Bil'in Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements - Residents of Bil'in gathered today after the noon prayers to demonstrate against the Israeli occupation and the Apartheid Wall on to commemorate the first anniversary of the brutal Israeli aggression on Gaza. In addition, they celebrated the 45th anniversary of the Palestinian National Liberation Movement, Fatah. The demonstration, organized by the Bil'in Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements, was joined by dozens of international and Israeli activists as well as members of the Revolutionary Council of Fatah, the Palestinian National Liberation Movement Fatah and the Palestine Liberation Front. Commemorating the first anniversary of the Israeli assault on Gaza, demonstrators marched through the village towards the site of the Apartheid Wall and chanted slogans expressing their solidarity with. . .
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