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Olmert orders completion of 'Jerusalem envelope' fence
Ha'aretz 4/27/2006
Interim Prime Minister Ehud Olmert yesterday instructed the defense establishment to erect a temporary barrier to compensate for the parts of the so-called Jerusalem-envelope segment of the separation fence that have yet to be completed. Olmert also instructed the police......more..
Bil’in Continues the Struggle
International Solidarity Movement 4/28/2006
As is usual, today’s non-violent demonstration against the Wall in Bil’in was attacked by the Israeli soldiers. The demonstrators reached the gate in the annexation wall that is stealing some 60% of the village’s land, which again was blocked by......more..
Israeli surveyors and soldiers mark out route of Separation Wall around Hebron
Ma'an News 4/28/2006
Hebron- Ma'an- Palestinian citizens of Bak'ah in the north east of the city of Hebron said that Israeli surveyors accompanied with Israeli officers and soldiers put signs and marks of the Separation Wall in the area.Head of the Palestinian Committee......more..
Legal hurdles impede fence construction
YNet News 4/28/2006
Works to seal breaches in security barrier are not completed because of legal debates on matter. 'We can erect temporary fence very quickly,' army officer tells Ynet, 'but are banned from doing so' -- The implementation of s decision to seal......more..
Update from Bil'in: sticks, stones and rubber bullets
Ma'an News 4/28/2006
Ramallah-Ma'an- Israeli forces attacked a Palestinian demonstrator during a confrontation that took place on Friday in the village of Bil'in, west of Ramallah, after a number of activists, from the village and foreign peace activists, arranged a protest march against......more..
Friday Palestinian Non-Violent Actions
International Solidarity Movement 4/27/2006
Media Advisory - Fri April 28th -- 12:00 Villagers of Bil’in will hold a demonstration against the wall which annexes village land into the Modi’in Elite settlement. The demonstration will start after midday prayers, heading off from the villages mosques.8......more..
Israel vows 'swift' border work'
BBC 4/28/2006
The incoming Israeli government will meet swiftly to draw Israel's final borders, according to the guidelines of a new coalition agreement.Withdrawal from parts of the West Bank and construction of a huge separation barrier will also be prioritised.The Kadima Party......more..
Top priority for the fence
Editorial, Ha'aretz 4/26/2006
Last week's terror attack at Tel Aviv's former central bus station again prompted a public debate over delays in the construction of the separation fence, after it turned out that the suicide bomber had entered Israel through breaches in the......more..
Gaza hospital fights for life after international aid cuts
Palestine Monitor 4/24/2006
GAZA CITY (AFP) - In the Al-Shifa hospital, the walls are decrepit and dirty. The elevators are broken. It is a sign of the times in Gaza City, brought to its knees by the international community's refusal to do business with...Reuters Report: Gaza Patients Turned Back as Health Crisis Worsens and A patient threatens his doctor with a machine gun...more..
Fence gaps to be sealed temporarily
YNet News 4/26/2006
630 illegal Palestinian residents in Jerusalem vicinity" - Following Passover terror attack in Tel Aviv, PM Olmert discusses ways to seal breaches in Jerusalem vicinity to prevent suicide bombers from infiltrating Israel; officials decide fence construction to be accelerated -- Police forces......more..
PNCI report: Israel commits 970 human rights violations in 5 days
Ma'an News 4/26/2006
Gaza-Ma'an- A new report released by the Palestinian National Center for Information (PNCI) says that Israeli forces continue to violate the human rights of Palestinians.The center said that 970 human rights violations took place between 14 to18 April 2006, causing......more..
The republic of Elad
By Meron Rapoport, Ha'aretz 4/26/2006
On a Sunday, during the intermediate days of Pesach, Jerusalem was quite empty. Maybe the sudden rain kept the tourists away. In the city center, next to the Ben-Yehuda pedestrian mall, one could easily find a parking space, which is......more..
Israel resumes construction of the wall near Hebron
International Middle East Media Center 4/25/2006
Scores of farmers and land owners in addition to a number of residents gathered at their land to the east of Hebron in the West Bank where Israeli bulldozers started to prepare for the construction of the annexation wall on......more..
Palestinians between Rock and Hard Place
Palestine Chronicle 4/24/2006
A recent report released by the United Nations said aid freeze could mean that the Palestinian Authority would end up a 'failed state.' -- RAMALLAH, West Bank - The Palestinians have been caught between the rock of the Israeli separation wall with......more..
Oh, Jerusalem
By Joharah Baker, Palestine Chronicle/MIFTAH 4/24/2006
i>Christian Palestinians from Bethlehem can only hope that one Easter or Christmas they will be allowed to walk the Via Delarosa.It’s ironic, how for decades Palestinians and Arabs alike have sung the praises of Jerusalem, describing its......more..
Shwayy shwayy, like prisoners in a cage
By Vera, International Solidarity Movement/International Women’s Peace Service 4/23/2006
i>Posted in Salfit RegionShwayy shwayy, slowly slowly, like the Arabic of most internationals here, or, maybe better, silently silently… the Israeli government is turning the Salfit Region into one of the most enclosed areas of the West......more..
Israelis shoot dead Gaza militant
BBC 4/24/2006
Israeli troops have shot dead an armed Palestinian militant near the border with Gaza.The Israeli military said small arms and tank fire were used against the man after he shot at an army patrol near the fence surrounding the Gaza......more..
Palestinian nonviolent resistance continues in southern West Bank in spite of beating and arrests
International Middle East Media Center 4/23/2006
At least six Palestinian citizens, including one elderly, were injured, and an unlimited number were arrested during a nonviolent demonstration in the southern West Bank on Saturday. A number of demonstrators spoke with PNN via telephone today confirming that Israeli......more..
Soldiers Beat Non-violent Demonstrators, Arrest Three
International Solidarity Movement 4/22/2006
At-Tuwani, South Hebron Hills - Israeli Occupation Forces beat non-violent Palestinian, international, and Israeli demonstrators this morning after declaring the area a Closed Military Zone. No map of the Closed Military Zone was ever shown to the protestors. At-Tuwani villagers, Palestinian......more..
Mashal: "Hamas is ready to coexist with Israel if it withdraws to the 1967 borders"
International Middle East Media Center 4/22/2006
In an interview with a German television,Khaled Mashal, head of the Political bureau of the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, said on Friday that the movement will be ready to co-exist with the state of Israel if it withdraws from......more..
Retired colonel: Israel's greed to blame for attacks
YNet News 4/21/2006
Retired IDF colonel says government insistence on grabbing more Palestinian land is delaying fence construction, which in turn allows terrorists easy access to Israel -- A retired IDF colonel on Friday said "the greed of the Israeli government when it comes......more..
Residents, peace activists protest against the Wall, Israeli products in Bilin
International Middle East Media Center 4/21/2006
400 Palestinian residents of Bilin village, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, 30 Israelis and 40 international peace activists, protested on Friday against the Israeli annexation Wall, and against the Israeli products that replaces the national Palestinian products in......more..
Twilight Zone / It takes a village
By Gideon Levy, Ha'aretz 4/20/2006
The classrooms are in the courtyard of his home, the kindergarten and the village clinic abut the house, and opposite is the new mosque with the strange, defiant double turret. Everything is cultivated and tended in a manner that is......more..
Security or greed
By Avraham Tal, Ha'aretz 4/20/2006
The separation fence is a great burden to Palestinian farmers in villages east of it, a large part of whose land is located west of the barrier. Efforts are being made to ease their plight by distributing transit permits for......more..
Israel's Separation Wall Divides Palestinian Families
Palestine Chronicle 4/20/2006
Palestinians say they have nothing to do to stop the Israeli government from pursuing the construction of the barrier. -- HIZMA, West Bank - Completely cut off from relatives and friends by Israel's separation wall, Palestinians see nothing but a grim future......more..
Hundreds to protest against planned Wall near At-Tuwani village this Saturday
International Middle East Media Center 4/20/2006
SOUTH HEBRON - Hundreds of people are expected to flock to the South Hebron village of At-Tuwani this Saturday, to demonstrate against the planned Apartheid Wall.The wall will be built along the settler's Bypass Road 317. The Palestinian village, supported by......more..
Demonstration in At-Tuwani, Hebron Against the Proposed Wall Along Settler Road
International Solidarity Movement 4/20/2006
When: Saturday 22 April 2006, 11AM -Where: Meet at the clinic in At-Tuwani (the village of At-Tuwani is in the South Hebron Hills, south of Yatta, just south of bypass road 317, close to Ma’on settlement) - Why: The Israeli authorities......more..
Palestinian negotiator condemns Israeli unilateral actions
ReliefWeb 4/20/2006
RAMALLAH, Apr 20, 2006 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat on Thursday condemned what he called "Israeli policy of unilateral procedures on the ground and collective punishment against Palestinians."Erekat made the remark when commenting on a ruling......more..
High Court okays completion of separation fence around Jerusalem
Ha'aretz 4/19/2006
The High Court of Justice will allow the State of Israel to complete the construction of the separation fence surrounding Jerusalem, it emerged Wednesday.On Tuesday the court rejected petitions by Palestinians for injunctions to delay the completion of the fence......more..
Anata School Attacks Ongoing: Occupation hospitalises 5 while death threats target students
Stop The Wall 4/17/2006
On the evening of Sunday April 16th, students playing football at the schoolyard in Anata were subject to a brutal attack by Occupation Forces. Five children were injured as Soldiers went on the rampage, breaking the feet of one student......more..
Palestinian Christians Threatened In Aboud
By Robert Novak, International Solidarity Movement/Sun-Times 4/17/2006
ABOUD, West Bank — On Good Friday, I stood atop the remnant of the Santa Barbara shrine, destroyed by the Israeli army, and observed the picturesque village of Aboud. I could see properties confiscated to make room for the Israeli security......more..
Special Report: The last conquest of Jerusalem
By The Economist, Palestine Monitor 4/12/2006
i>Israel's plans for Jerusalem will create a large Jewish city but will have harsh consequences for the Palestinians, on both sides of the barrierIN THE twilight of a Bethlehem evening, Jerusalem shimmers on a distant hilltop like......more..
Stepping down off the fence
By Esther Zandberg, Ha'aretz 4/18/2006
Even after 20-something years, and despite everything she knows today, architect Elinoar Barzacchi was gripped with excitement last week when she recalled her part in the establishment of the West Bank settlement Ma'aleh Adumim. "I'm the mother of Ma'aleh......more..
Palestinian refugees in Lebanon: Long-standing suffering
Amnesty International 3/30/2006
In 1949, the number of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon was 100,000. They had fled or were expelled from their homes and lands in 1948 during the creation of the state of Israel; 58 years later, they are still unable to......more..
Five residents arrested near Gaza fence
International Middle East Media Center 4/19/2006
Israeli soldiers arrested five Palestinians near the northern section of the fence that separates the Gaza Strip from Israel.The five residents were unarmed and were transferred to an interrogation center, Israeli military source reported. [end......more..
Brigades said they have targeted a military jeep east of Gaza
Ma'an News 4/19/2006
Gaza- Ma'an- Quds Brigades" military wing of the Islamic Jihad" and the Popular Resistance Committee's announce responsibility for the targeting of an Israeli military jeep east of Boraij Camp Wednesday morning.In a statement issued Wednesday both factions announced that they......more..
Israeli court to approve separation fence around Jerusalem
China View 4/19/2006
JERUSALEM, April 19 (Xinhua) -- Israeli High Court of Justice will approve to complete the construction of the separation fence surrounding Jerusalem, local Ha'aretz daily reported on Wednesday.The decision came after the court rejected on Tuesday evening a petition by Palestinian......more..
Against the Wall
Palestine Chronicle 4/7/2006
Against the Wall' is a strong presentation about the truth and realities on both sides of the 'fence'. -- Against the Wall, Ed. by Michael Sorkin. New Press, N. Y., 2005. 273 pages. Reviewed by Jim Miles -- Some call it a......more..
Some Palestinian reactions to the suicide bombing
International Solidarity Movement 4/18/2006
From Sa’eed Yakin, the coordinator of the Popular Committee in the northwest Jerusalem area: “The first thing I would like to say is that we are categorically against the killing of civilians on both sides. The second thing is that......more..
Jab’a Ploughs its Land
International Solidarity Movement 4/18/2006
This morning I travelled to the village of Jab’a, just South of Bethlehem, where local Palestinian farmers have faced intimidation by settlers when trying to access their land. Jab’a is a village of 900 people facing annexation of part of......more..
Shame of the House of Saud: Shadows over Mecca
The Independent 4/19/2006
Sami Angawi, a Hijazi architect who has devoted his life to a largely doomed effort to preserve what remains of the history of the world's greatest pilgrimage sites, said that the final farewell to Mecca was imminent. "What we are......more..
Israeli forces close off Palestinian movement in the Jordan Valley
International Middle East Media Center 4/14/2006
The Israeli Army Restrictsthe movement of Jordan Valley''s citizens. Israeli Forces prevented citizens in al-Aghwar al-Shamaleya, in Jordan Valley, from leaving their villages to reachWest Bank cities on Thursday. Witnesses told the Palestinian WAFA News Agency that Israeli soldiers......more..
Qassam hit sports stadium in south, causing damage but no injuries
Ha'aretz 4/15/2006
A homemade Qassam rocket fired by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip struck a sports stadium at Kibbutz Yad Mordechai, near the southern town of Ashkelon on Friday night, causing some damage but no injuries.Israel Defense Forces troops shelled the area......more..
Israeli Attacks on Palestinian high school escalate: Students and Staff targeted
International Middle East Media Center 4/14/2006
Anata secondary school in East Jerusalem has been experiencing daily incursions by Israeli forces, as the Israeli Annexation Wall runs through the middle of the schoolyard.Israeli soldiers arrived en masse at the school on Wednesday the 12th of April, just......more..
Non-violent protest in Bil'in challenges siege, isolation and annexation Wall
International Middle East Media Center 4/14/2006
Friday afternoon, Approximately 400 protesters, including 70 Israeli and international peace activists marched in Bil'in village, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, against the Israeli annexation Wall and the policy of siege and isolation of the Palestinian territories.Several protesters......more..
Thousands flock to Jerusalem to mark Good Friday
The Daily Star 4/15/2006
Thousands of pilgrims from all over the world commemorated Good Friday by marching in a procession along Jerusalem's Via Dolorosa to the spot where Jesus Christ is believed to have been crucified. Local clergy complained that many Christian Palestinians living......more..
Two guns stolen from soldiers
YNet News 4/14/2006
Two soldiers were sleeping in dwellings when unidentified individuals broke in and stole their weapons using a handgun and knives -- Unidentified individuals broke into the settlement of Bat-Ein and succeeded in stealing guns from two soldiers sleeping in the area......more..
The Uber-Wardens
By Amira Hass, Palestine Chronicle/Haaretz 4/13/2006
i>The disruption of life and the bans are not reported as 'news,' because they are the routine. And this routine erodes any hope for a humane future.Two weeks ago, on Election Day, at 8 A.M., drivers wishing......more..
IDF troops enter Gaza
YNet News 4/13/2006
IDF engineering forces search for explosive devices inside Gaza Strip following killing of two Palestinian terrorists Wednesday night; military official characterizes move as 'defensive,' says similar operations may follow Hanan GreenbergAn IDF force entered the Gaza Strip in order to......more..
Attacks on Anata school escalate as Students and Staff targeted
Stop The Wall 4/13/2006
Occupation Forces have again attacked Anata secondary school in East Jerusalem. Soliders arrived en masse at the school on Wednesday the 12th of April, just as students took their morning break. The headmaster was forced to shut the school after......more..
Protest Against the Withdrawal of US and EU Funding
International Solidarity Movement 4/13/2006
Bil’in, Occupied West Bank -- Protesters wearing US, EU and UN flags will eat a lavish feast in front of others, fenced in and wearing Palestinian flags who will eat nothing. The protest symbolises the withdrawal of US and EU funding......more..
Sir Gerald Kaufman MP: Israel “would be a rogue government” if Refuses to Prosecute Killer Soldiers
By Sir Gerald Kaufman MP, International Solidarity Movement/Common Dreams 4/13/2006
i>We Cannot Allow These Murders to Go Unpunished - We can demand these homicidal Israeli soldiers be prosecuted for war crimes In a marvellous book of essays, “The Slopes of Lebanon,” the great Israeli novelist Amos Oz advanced an......more..
Ultra-Orthodox clash with J'lem police to protest man's arrest
Ha'aretz 4/14/2006
Police on Thursday removed burning trash cans from a Jerusalem street placed by ultra-Orthodox protesting the arrest of a member of their community suspected of killing his baby boy, Israel Radio reported.Five protesters were arrested as hundreds of residents yelled......more..
Dead sea tourism hit by fears of nearing ecological disaster
Ha'aretz 4/14/2006
All a Dead Sea visitor has to do to witness an ecological disaster is peek through the fence separating the Ein Gedi beach from its former holiday village. Eight years after a staff person fell into a sinkhole here, the......more..
IDF kills two armed militants infiltrating from Gaza Strip
Ha'aretz 4/12/2006
The Israel Defense Forces killed two armed Palestinians who were attempting to cross the Gaza border into Israel on Wednesday evening.Soldiers spotted the two as they were crawling toward the Israel-Gaza border fence.An IDF spokeswoman said the men approached the......more..
Bil’in Children Arrested
International Solidarity Movement 4/12/2006
Two Palestinian children from the village of Bil’in were arrested mid morning on Tuesday April 12th.Mohammad Abd Al Fattah Burnatt, aged 17, and Mohammad Ahmad Hamad aged 13 were tending a herd of goats close to the illegal Israeli settlement......more..
Olmert: Convergence to cost USD 10 billion
YNet News 4/12/2006
PM Olmert tells Wall Street Journal he will seek broad international support for his plan to withdraw some 70,000 settlers from West Bank; On planned May visit to U.S. PM will ask financial backing for plan, which will be completed......more..
Palestinian Voters Stand up to the US, Israel
By Monica Hill, Palestine Chronicle/Freedom Socialist Newspaper 4/11/2006
i>No Palestinian entity that is dependent on imperialists and anti-democratic Arab regimes can be expected to lead the way to liberation.Like most people in the world, Palestinians desperately need change. And that’s the name of the party......more..
National and Islamic Factions call for greater Palestinian unity in the face of Israeli aggression
Ma'an News 4/11/2006
Khan Younis- Ma'an- National and Islamic Factions in the Khan Younis Governorate called on the Palestinian people on Monday to have greater national unity against the Israeli aggressions that have increased in all areas of the Palestinian territories.In a political......more..
Holy Land's Christians caught in midst of conflict
ReliefWeb 4/12/2006
BETHLEHEM, West Bank, April 12 (Reuters) - A 76-year-old Greek Orthodox monk is beaten up by villagers, his carefully tended olive trees are uprooted and his isolated West Bank monastery is defaced with graffiti depicting nuns being raped.The land of......more..
Requiem for the shepherds
International Womens' Peace Service 4/10/2006
i>Israeli 'barrier fence' exacts high toll on Palestinian aggie sectorRAFAT, SALFITT - Sami the shepherd hunkers down on a huge rock on the lip of the wadi facing the olive groves, his back turned away from the Israeli-built......more..
The Wall in a Week - Isolation of Jordan Valley and Jerusalem steps up as popular resistance marks Land Day for Palestine
Stop The Wall 4/8/2006
In the last two weeks, Palestinians marked the 30th anniversary of Land Day, commemorating the 6 martyrs killed defending their lands in 1976. Rallies and protests captivated towns and villagers across the West Bank, as Palestinians vowed steadfastness to the......more..
More Israeli restrictions on Qalqilia City
International Middle East Media Center 4/10/2006
The bypass roads, checkpoints, land confiscation and Wall construction, which the city of Qalqilia into a prison housing 45 thousand Palestinians, were not enough for the Israeli government. Israeli soldiers and police have lately been imposing restrictions on the Palestinians......more..
Israeli Settlers from Routem settlement in the Jordan valley initiate work to expand it
International Middle East Media Center 4/10/2006
Settlers from the settlement of Routem north of the Jordan valley, in the West Bank initiated work to expand the settlement, Monday morning.Eyewitnesses reported that the settlers placed a trailer in area they confiscated last year, and they surrounded it......more..
Bite’ Activist Arrested
International Solidarity Movement 4/9/2006
Adnan Ahmad Nimer, a 19 year-old activist from Beit Sira, was taken from his home last night at 2am by the Israeli military. Thirty soldiers surrounded the house, his father opened the door and the troops gathered the family into......more..
Beit Sira Demonstrates Despite Threats from Israeli Civil Administration
International Solidarity Movement 4/9/2006
At 1:30 this past Friday, the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements in the Palestinian village of Beit Sira, just west of Ramallah held a demonstration against the apartheid barrier being constructed on the village’s land. This was......more..
A Press Release from Al Aqsa Martyers Troops
International Solidarity Movement 4/9/2006
Translation: From the Koran: “Allah forbids you not, with regard to those who fight you not for (your) Faith nor drive you out of your homes, from dealing kindly and justly with them: for Allah loveth those who are just... for the PDF version please click here...more..
Ereikat: President Abbas to visit some Arab and foreign countries
International Middle East Media Center 4/10/2006
A senior Palestinian official said the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is holding series of talks with Arab and International leaders in preparation for an Arab and International tour. Palestinian Parliament Member, Dr. Saeb Erikat, said Abbas met on Monday with......more..
Abu Mazen welcomes the American Consul-General
Ma'an News 4/10/2006
Ma'an- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, "Abu Mazen", welcomed on Monday afternoon the American Consul-General in Jerusalem, Jake Walles, to the presidential residence in Ramallah.Abbas discussed with the Consul-General the situation in the Palestinian territories and the latest developments such as......more..
Abbas: our sons will fight Israelis for a just deal
By Chris McGreal, The Guardian 4/8/2006
Palestinian president says long-term peace will be jeopardised without negotiationsThe Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, says Israel's plan to impose its final borders deep inside the occupied territories while expropriating large areas of Palestinian land for Jewish settlers will lead to......more..
"Damming" West Bank farmers
By Atef Saad, International Middle East Media Center 4/7/2006
Sixty-two-year-old Shafiqa Massoud is, for all intents and purposes, the head of the household. Hers is a typical peasant family that lives in the Qalqilya area directly up against the Green Line.Her husband, 66-year-old Amin Hindi is unemployed due... Animated satellite image: The Wall strangles Qalqilya ...more..
Israeli rights groups denounce barrier
By Khalid Amayreh, AlJazeera 4/8/2006
Settlement expansion is the main motive behind the route chosen for the separation barrier in the West Bank, an Israeli human rights group and NGO have found. An 82-page study by human rights organisation B'tselem and NGO Bimkom says......more..
Bil'in protests against the Wall
International Middle East Media Center 4/7/2006
Abdullah Abu Rahma, coordinator of the Popular committee Against the Wall in Bil'in village, west of Ramallah, reported on Friday that dozens of residents, Israeli and international peace activists protested against the Israeli annexation Wall in Bil'in and commemorated the......more..
Budrus village, central in Palestinian non-violence, subjected to night raids by Israeli forces
International Middle East Media Center 4/7/2006
Israeli Forces have been carrying out late-night raids into the village of Budrus and forcing people at gunpoint to undergo fingerprint checks. Soldiers have stormed several houses over the last week pursuing what they call a “statistical survey”, which involves......more..
Army uses two Palestinians as human shields in Bethlehem invasion
International Middle East Media Center 4/6/2006
Israeli soldiers used two Palestinians from the Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem as human shield as they invaded the camp on Thursday before noon.Troops took over a building in the camp and turned it into a military post few meters......more..
Bil’in Demonstration Remembers Recent Death Caused by Wall
International Solidarity Movement 4/6/2006
Tomorrow’s Bil’in demonstration will be a memorial for the twelfth victim of the apartheid wall. Eyad Taha Salame Taha, a 28 year-old man from Beit Annan, was drowned in a flood caused by the wall in Bil’in on Sunday, April......more..
Machsomwatch Observations During January 2006
Machsom Watch 3/1/2006
i>Just wait – once the wall is ready, they’ll rot behind it’ (Border Police soldier, Abu Dis)Following the ‘concessions’ and the ‘streamlining’ and for the sake of ‘minimizing friction with terror-tainted segments of the population', the Palestinians’ freedom......more..
Planned Fence-off Wall in Hebron Cut off 21 Palestinian Communities and 80,000 Dunum
International Press Center 4/5/2006
HEBRON, Palestine, April 5,2006 (IPC+Arab48) - -Three Israeli human rights groups filed a petition to the Israeli Supreme Court calling the court to call off a military plan sketched out by the Israeli occupation army to set up a fence-wall......more..
Israeli settler attacks, takeovers on the rise since Israeli election
International Middle East Media Center 4/5/2006
Since Ehud Olmert's election as the new Israeli Prime Minister on March 27, Israeli settlers living illegally in the occupied Palestinian West Bank have increased attacks on Palestinians and internationals, and expanded takeovers of Palestinian buildings, apparently acting on Ehud......more..
Three Palestinian non-violent actions this Friday
International Solidarity Movement 4/5/2006
Villagers of Bil’in will hold a demonstration against the wall which annexes village land into the Modi’in Elite settlement.In Beit Sira villagers will hold a demonstration against the annexation barrier that will mean the loss of land to the Makabim......more..
Ethnic cleansing of Palestinians continues in East Jerusalem
The Daily Star 4/5/2006
JERUSALEM: Ten days before he and 28 relatives were evicted from their East Jerusalem homes, Riad Ghozlan received a bill for $245,000 in back rent from the "real" Jewish owners and a court order to leave. "They came for us......more..
Authorities were aware shepherds had entered firing range - but did nothing
Ha'aretz 4/4/2006
Last Tuesday, Naif al-Atrash, 13, and his brother, Salem, 12, were killed by an unexploded shell while herding sheep in an Israel Defense Forces artillery range located between the Beit Kama intersection and Moshav Ahuzam. The event was preceded by......more..
Separation wall ‘drowns’ Palestinian
By Laila El-Haddad, International Solidarity Movement/AlJazeera.net 4/4/2006
A Palestinian man has drowned in the West Bank after getting entangled in the separation barrier’s barbed wire during flash floods, medical officials and witnesses say.According to witnesses, heavy rains followed by flash foods washed away two brothers, Eyad and......more..
Lethal Flood Caused by Apartheid Wall Construction in Bil’in
International Solidarity Movement 4/2/2006
At 7 am this morning, in a flash flood caused by the annexation barrier near the village of Bil’in two brothers were washed away. A search party is currently attempting to find Eyad Tahar who is still missing, presumed dead......more..
Israeli, Foreign Activists Protest Unilateral Borders
Palestine Chronicle 4/3/2006
The United Nations warned that the Palestinians were on the verge of a humanitarian crisis because of food shortage caused by Israeli closures. -- BILIN, West Bank - Israeli Jews and foreign peace activists joined Palestinians on Sunday, April 2, to protest......more..
Bil’in Tries to Bridge Over Troubled Waters
International Solidarity Movement 4/1/2006
At about 1:20 pm this Friday 31st of March the weekly demonstration against the apartheid barrier in Bil’in set off. As usual, it consisted of Palestinians, Israelis and internationals – about 300 in all. When we got to the fence......more..
Palestinians and Israelis ‘drum through the wall’
International Middle East Media Center 4/4/2006
This weekend, a group of Palestinians and Israelis gathered in Abu Dis to “break the sound barrier by drumming through the wall”. As the sun set on Saturday, close to one hundred participants gathered on both sides of the wall... Artists Without Walls...more..
Israeli law eases settlers into east Jerusalem
ReliefWeb 4/4/2006
JERUSALEM, April 4, 2006 (AFP) - Ten days before he and 28 relatives were evicted from their east Jerusalem homes, Riyad Ghozlan received a bill for 245,000 dollars in back rent from the "real" Jewish owners and a court order to......more..
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