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Northern West Bank activists join Ni’lin launch women’s movement against the Wall with demo
Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, Stop The Wall 7/24/2008
A women’s demonstration organized by the Ni’lin Popular Committee against the Apartheid Wall marched yesterday from the center of Ni’lin to the land threatened by confiscation by the Occupation forces. Headed by female activists and organizations from all over Palestine......more.. e-mail
Dozens suffer from Gas inhalation during the weekly nonviolent protest in Bil’in village
Rula Shahwan, International Middle East Media Center News 8/1/0200
The Israeli army dispersed the weekly nonviolent protest located in Bil’in village north of the West Bank city of Ramallah on Friday midday with gas, guns and grenades. After the weekly Friday prayer, a group of internationals and......more.. e-mail
A number of children were injured during a nonviolent protest in Bethlehem
Rula Shahwan, International Middle East Media Center News 8/1/0200
Local sources reported that a number of Palestinian children were injured during a non violent protest against the illegal wall in Al Ma’sara village near by the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Friday midday. [end......
This Week in Palestine 31 2008
IMEMC News - Audio Dept, International Middle East Media Center News 8/1/0200
Click on Link to download or play MP3 file || 12m 0s || 11. 00MB ||This Week In Palestine, a service of the International Middle
East Media Center, www. IMEMC. org, for July 26th, through August, 1st, 2008.
Palestinian negotiators confirmed this......more.. e-mail
Second youth targeted in two days: Yousef Amira (17) from Ni’lin mortally wounded
Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, Stop The Wall 7/31/2008
The Occupation forces have once again escalated their attempts to suppress the daily demonstrations of Palestinian popular committees and villagers to the construction of the Apartheid Wall.
Yesterday evening at around 10 pm, Israeli occupation forces shot two rubber coated......more.. e-mail
Israeli settlers hid themselves in the bushes and waited to attack the children
Palestine News Network 7/31/2008
At-Tuwani - Israeli settler attacks in the southern West Bank are on an alarming rise. On Wednesday settlers attacked 14 Palestinian children between the ages six and 12. This is the fourth Israeli settler attack on Palestinian children in a single......more.. e-mail
Palestinian teen catches Israeli abuse on camera
Diaa Hadid - NAALIN, West Bank, Middle East Online 7/31/2008
A Palestinian teen tracks Israeli troops with a video camera to document abuse of demonstrators.
A community organizer tours West Bank villages with a PowerPoint presentation teaching the art of creative protest.
These are just two examples of the increasingly......more.. e-mail
Bil’in Supreme Court Hearing on 3rd August
International Solidarity Movement 7/31/2008
Bil’in Village - On Sunday 3rd August Israel’s Supreme Court will decide if the State of Israel is in contempt of court regarding the withdrawal of the Apartheid Wall from the village of Bil’in. Bil......more.. e-mail
Soldiers Seldom Punished for Attacks on Palestinians: Report
Agence France Presse, MIFTAH 7/31/2008
Only six percent of probes into offences allegedly committed by Israeli soldiers against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank yield indictments, an Israeli rights group said on Wednesday. The report came as the armed forces vowed to investigate the death......more.. e-mail
Mustafa Barghouthi calls on the International Community to break the silence on the daily Israeli crimes
Palestinian National Initiative, Palestine Monitor 7/31/2008
Ramallah, 31-07-08: Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi MP, the General Secretary of the , strongly condemns the crime perpetrated yesterday by the Israeli occupation forces in the town of Ni’lin where soldiers shot at close range with heavy metallic......more.. e-mail
In town known for nonviolent resistance Israeli forces kill two kids this week
PNN, Palestine News Network 7/31/2008
Nal’in - The name of the young boy who Israeli forces shot in the forehead and killed in western Ramallah’s Nal’in Village on Tuesday was named Ahmed Moussa. The village is a bastion of nonviolent......more.. e-mail
17 year old Nil’in boy pronounced clinically dead according to medical sources
Ghassan Bannoura, International Middle East Media Center News 7/31/2008
17 year old Yousif Amira, who was shot in the nearby Nil’in village on Wednesday evening, has been pronounced clinically dead, Palestinian medical sources in the central West Bank city of Ramallah told IMEMC on Thursday morning.
The......more.. e-mail
Palestinians say youth shot in Naalin uninvolved in riot
Ali Waked, YNetNews 7/31/2008
Neighbor of 18-year-old critically wounded in Palestinian village on Wednesday says he was shot by Border Police officers at close range while standing in his front yard, far from rioting - Scant hours after scores attended the funeral
of 11......more.. e-mail
Palestinian teen in clinical death after IOF troops shoot him in the head
Palestinian Information Center 7/31/2008
RAMALLAH, (PIC)-- A Palestinian youth was declared in a state of clinical death in Ramallah government hospital after he was shot in the head by an Israeli border guard in Na’lin village west of Ramallah on Wednesday afternoon......more.. e-mail
Child killed in Nil’in was shot by live rounds
Saed Bannoura & Agencies, International Middle East Media Center News 7/31/2008
An autopsy on the body of an 11 year-old child who was killed on Tuesday by Israeli gunfire in the village of Ni’lin, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, revealed that the child was shot by......more.. e-mail
Boy shot by Israelis becomes martyred hero for Palestinians
Toni O'Loughlin in Jerusalem, The Guardian 7/30/2008
Ahmed Moussa planted bright new Palestinian flags around his village of Naalin earlier this week in a show of national pride - but he may as well have been preparing for his own funeral. Today his small body, hoisted on to......more.. e-mail
Palestinians: IDF troops wound 9 at boy’s funeral in West Bank
News Agencies, Ha’aretz 7/31/2008
Israel Defense Forces troops wounded nine Palestinians in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Wednesday in a clash with protesters at the funeral of a 11-year-old boy killed a day earlier, Palestinian medics said. They said the troops......more.. e-mail
Naalin photographer’s father kept in custody
Ali Waked, YNetNews 7/30/2008
Father of girl who filmed IDF soldier shooting handcuffed Palestinian to remain in jail for now - The father of the girl who filmed an IDF soldier firing a rubber bullet at a bound Palestinian in Naalin will remain in custody......more.. e-mail
Soldiers arrest father of child who filmed soldiers shooting bound Palestinian youth
Saed Bannoura, International Middle East Media Center News 7/30/2008
Last week, soldiers kidnapped resident Jamal Hussein Ameera, 50, after his daughter managed to capture on film an Israeli soldiers shooting a Palestinian youth after they arrested and handcuffed him. The father was sentenced on Tuesday to one hundred days......more.. e-mail
More injured in Naalin riots
Ali Waked, YNetNews 7/30/2008
Palestinian youth shot in head when riots erupt after funeral of boy killed in anti-fence protest; youth declared brain-dead by Ramallah doctors. IDF investigating - Barely a day after 11-year old Ahmed Moussa was killed in Naalin, Palestinian sources reported......more.. e-mail
Ramallah autopsy finds Naalin boy shot by live fire
Ali Waked, YNetNews 7/30/2008
Palestinians refuse Israel’s appeal for joint autopsy, announce forensic medical evidence reveals Ahmed Moussa shot through head by M-16 bullet while present at anti-fence rally. Mourners at funeral vow to continue battle against separation fence - An autopsy......more.. e-mail
Palestinian boy, 10, killed by Israelis at separation wall
Ian Johnston, The Independent 7/30/2008
A 10-year-old Palestinian boy has been killed by Israeli gunfire during a confrontation between troops and stone-throwing youths in a West Bank village, according to medics and witnesses. The boy, Ahmed Moussa, was killed in Naalin, the site of......more.. e-mail
Family under Attack supports Nonviolent resistance
Kendra Puryear, International Middle East Media Center News 7/30/2008
Every Friday there is a protest against the Wall, led by local Palestinians and joined by a number of International students and organizations. This non-violent resistance movement began two years ago in response to the confiscation of land by Israelis......more.. e-mail
Ynet: ‘How can a boy threaten soldiers?’
Ali Waked, YNet News, International Solidarity Movement 7/30/2008
Ramallah Region - Uncle of 11-year-old Palestinian said to be killed by Border Guard police officer slams security forces; posters of Ahmed Musa posted across Palestinian village; dead child turns into symbol of resistance to West Bank fence - A general......more.. e-mail
Israeli troops kill 12-year-old Palestinian boy
Middle East Online 7/30/2008
RAMALLAH, West Bank - Israeli troops on Tuesday shot dead a 12-year-old Palestinian boy during a protest against Israel’s separation barrier in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian medical sources said.
Ahmed Hussam Mussa was hit in the head......more.. e-mail
IOF troops kill Palestinian child participating in peaceful rally in W. Bank
Palestinian Information Center 7/30/2008
RAMALLAH, (PIC)-- The Israeli occupation soldiers killed Tuesday a Palestinian child participating in a peaceful rally in the West Bank village of Ni’lin, near Ramallah city, after they shot him in the head, Palestinian local and medical sources......more.. e-mail
’How can a boy threaten soldiers?’
Ali Waked, YNetNews 7/30/2008
Uncle of 11-year-old Palestinian said to be killed by Border Guard police officer slams security forces; posters of Ahmed Musa posted across Palestinian village; dead child turns into symbol of resistance to West Bank fence - A general strike has......more.. e-mail
10-Year old shot dead at Nil’in
International Solidarity Movement 7/29/2008
Ramallah Region - A 10 year old boy called Ahmed Ussam Yusef Mousawas shot dead at approximately 6pm near the Palestinian village of Nil’in. He was shot once in the head at close range with live ammunition.
According to......more.. e-mail
Israel agrees to dismantle sections of the Wall near Qalqilia
Saed Bannoura & Agencies, International Middle East Media Center News 7/29/2008
Israel finally agreed o dismantle a 2. 4 Kilometer section of the Annexation Wall north of Qalqilia in the northern part of the West Bank. The decision came after five years of deliberations in Israeli courts. The decision will enable......more.. e-mail
A change in the route of the Apartheid Wall near Jayyus sanctions the land confiscation
Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, Stop The Wall 7/28/2008
After a five-year battle against the Apartheid Wall, the Occupation courts presented the villagers in Jayyous with a decision that de facto sanctions both the Wall and the settlement expansion that it secures.
The Israeli Occupation Authorities agreed to change......more.. e-mail
Army court sentence a Palestinian farmer to 100 days in detention
Ghassan Bannoura, International Middle East Media Center News 7/29/2008
The Israeli army court of Ofer sentence on Tuesday Jamal Canaan, 50 from the village of N’ilin, located near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, to 100 days in distractive detention. Canaan was detained by the Israeli......more.. e-mail
Ten-year-old boy killed by Israeli forces during clashes in Ni’lin
Ma’an News Agency 7/29/2008
Ramallah – Ma’an – Ten-year-old Ahmad Husam Yousef Musa was killed by Israeli forces on Tuesday evening during clashes in the village of Ni’lin, west of Ramallah. Eyewitnesses reported that the child was shot in the head and......more.. e-mail
Ten protestors and two Israeli soldiers injured in Ni’lin
Ma’an News Agency 7/29/2008
Ramallah - Ma’an - Ten Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers were injured in clashes that took place on Tuesday afternoon near the construction site of the separation wall in Ni’lin to the west of RamallahThe protestors were injured after the......more.. e-mail
Police, IDF to probe Ni’ilin boy’s death
Yaakov Lappin, Tovah Lazaroff And Yaakov Katz, Jerusalem Post 7/29/2008
An investigation has been ordered into claims that a 10-year-old Palestinian boy was shot dead by officers in Ni’ilin in the aftermath of a violent demonstration against the West Bank security barrier, a Border Police spokesman said......more.. e-mail
Mustafa Barghouthi: 'Child killed in cold blood by the Israeli army'ť
Palestinian National Initiative, Palestine Monitor 7/29/2008
Ramallah, 29-07-08: Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi MP, the General Secretary of the , said "Ahmed Hassan Yousef Musa, the 10-year old boy from Ni’lin, was shot in the head at close range by the Israeli army while......
Peres calls for building fence, bridge in occupied Jerusalem
Palestinian Information Center 7/29/2008
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)-- The Israeli president Shimon Peres on Tuesday called for building a fence and a bridge inside occupied Jerusalem in a bid to ward off Palestinian resistance attacks. Peres, who was speaking during a visit to the family......more.. e-mail
Child killed by Israeli military fire in Ni’lin
Rula Shahwan, International Middle East Media Center News 7/29/2008
Eyewitnesses reported that Ahmad Mousa, 11, was shot in his head and died at the Ramallah governmental hospital. He was shot during evening hours. Mohammad Al Khawaja, one of the residents of the village, stated that hundreds of residents conducted......more.. e-mail
Ahmad Mousa, 12 year old boy, murdered in Ni’lin by the Occupation
Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, Stop The Wall 7/29/2008
At 5 pm today, the Occupation forces in Ni’lin shot Ahmad Husam Yousef Mousa, a 12-year-old boy from the village.
After the demonstration had finished, Ahmad was sitting under a tree when a live bullet pierced his head. The......more.. e-mail
Scottish couple barred from delivering medical supplies to Gaza
Eva Bartlett writing from Cairo, Egypt, Electronic Intifada 7/29/2008
Ten days after setting out from Edinburgh, and five days past their projected 15 July arrival, Scottish humanitarian Khalil al-Niss and his wife Linda Willis finally arrived in the afternoon of 20 July to the Rafah crossing on the Gaza-Egypt......more.. e-mail
Israel to Move Small Part of West Bank Barrier - Report
Reuters, MIFTAH 7/29/2008
Israel plans to tear down a small portion of an internationally condemned barrier and move it closer to its border with the occupied West Bank, an Israeli newspaper reported on Monday. The Haaretz daily said a 2. 4 km stretch......more.. e-mail
Israel to move part of separation fence
Ma’an News Agency 7/29/2008
Bethlehem - The Israeli daily newspaper Haaretz said on Tuesday that the Israeli government has agreed to move a 2. 4km section of the separation wall just north of Qalqilia. The move will return 2,600 Dunums (2. 6 million sq meters......more.. e-mail
Arabs under siege as Israel tightens grip on Holy City
Peter Beaumont in Jerusalem, The Guardian, Palestine Monitor 7/27/2008
Fawzia al-Kurd’s home is nothing special. She has lived within its walls for the past quarter of a century, in the heart of East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah district. The house is tidy. But at first glance......more.. e-mail
Israel to move part of W. Bank barrier
Ap And Jpost.com Staff, Jerusalem Post 7/28/2008
Israel has agreed to move part of its West Bank separation barrier, according to a statement from the Defense Ministry Monday.
The statement said that in response to an appeal to the High Court of Justice in Jerusalem, the barrier......more.. e-mail
The Nakba, Intel, and Kiryat Gat
Henry Norr, MIFTAH 7/28/2008
In an extravagant ceremony that featured acrobats, drummers, a children’s choir, and speeches by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (in person) and the two top executives of chipmaker Intel Corp. (on giant video screens), the company this month......more.. e-mail
The Israeli army invades West Bank cities kidnapping 7 Palestinians
Rula Shahwan, International Middle East Media Center News 7/28/2008
The Israeli army invaded zoyoba, a village near the west bank city of Jenin, reported local sources. Israeli troops searched and ransacked several houses located near the illegal wall on the village lands, in addition to ransacking farm lands in......more.. e-mail
Israeli forces arrest 3 near Jenin
Ma’an News Agency 7/28/2008
Jenin – Ma’an – Israeli forces stormed several areas in the Jenin district in the northern West Bank and arrested three Palestinians on Monday. Local sources mentioned to our correspondent that Israeli forces stormed the village of Zabuba, which is......more.. e-mail
Israel agrees to demolish illegal wall near Bil’in
William Bascom, International Middle East Media Center News 7/28/2008
Israeli sources report that the Israeli Army has agreed to demolish the illegal wall separating Palestinian workers from their farmland in the village of Bil’in. They claim that by scaling back 2. 4 km of the wall that......more.. e-mail
The delays in the fence / Frozen by lawyers, budgets and politics
Amos Harel, Ha’aretz 7/28/2008
Until two years ago, the defense establishment typically blamed leftists and lawyers for the delays in building the separation fence. Anytime a terrorist entered Israel via a gap in the fence, Israel Defense Forces officers would point fingers at the......more.. e-mail
Yeshiva student returns Obama’s Kotel note
Jta, Jerusalem Post 7/28/2008
The yeshiva student who pried Barack Obama’s prayer note from the Western Wall has apologized.
Identified only by the first initial of his name, Aleph, and with his face obscured, the student went on Channel 2 television Sunday......more.. e-mail
Couple seeking entry visa kept apart by Interior Ministry
Sharon Roffe-Ofir, YNetNews 7/28/2008
Israeli Arab Husband, Moroccan wife await entry visa from Israel’s Interior Ministry to reunite them. Association for Civil Rights in Israel claims delay has racial overtone, but Interior Ministry says husband’s misconduct hinders resolution of case......more.. e-mail
Witness - Return to Gaza
Wafa Amr, ReliefWeb 7/27/2008
GAZA STRIP, July 27 (Reuters) - The air smelt of falafel cooking oil -- used by drivers to power their cars -- and a hint of sewage.
I was in Gaza for the first time since before the Israelis pulled out in 2005......more.. e-mail
Nablus Bears the Brunt of Israeli Occupation
Mondli Makhanya, The Times July 27, 2008, Palestine Media Center 7/27/2008
On almost every wall in the Palestinian city of Nablus hang posters of men and women with superimposed pictures of machine guns in their hands.
In military pose, some have on their heads those classic Jihadist bandanas, and Palestinian kaffiyehs......more.. e-mail
Israeli ministers call for redrawing Jerusalem boundaries, home demolitions, and deporting activists
Ma’an News Agency 7/27/2008
Bethlehem – Ma’an – Israeli Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz warned during the weekly Israeli cabinet meeting held on Sunday that Jerusalem is becoming "a terror hub," and called for the government to adopt policies of demolishing homes, closing areas, and......more.. e-mail
An Open Letter to Barack Obama
Kim Bullimore – The West Bank, Palestine Chronicle 7/26/2008
Dear Barack, Today, the Israeli newspapers said that throughout the day you had separate meetings with a variety of Israeli ministers, including the Israeli Prime Minister, President, Defense Minister, Public Security Minister and Foreign Minister. You also made a visit......more.. e-mail
The Path to One Democratic State in Palestine
Roger Tucker, http://www.countercurrents.org, Palestine Media Center 7/27/2008
What are the real options remaining for resolving the Israeli/Palestinian conflict? The time has long since passed when the Zionists could contemplate driving out all non-Jews, or the Palestinians could seriously contemplate sending the Jews back where they came......more.. e-mail
Diskin: E. J’lem becoming Hamas hotbed
Herb Keinon, Jerusalem Post 7/27/2008
East Jerusalem neighborhoods on the "other" side of the security fence are fast becoming Hamas hotbeds and more "problematic" security-wise than much of the West Bank, Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) head Yuval Diskin told the cabinet on Sunday.
PM......more.. e-mail
Mofaz: Jerusalem becoming terror hub
Attila Somfalvi, YNetNews 7/27/2008
Transportation minister warns of new trend of attacks in capital, recommends change in policy including demolition of homes, deportation of terrorists’ families. Vice Premier Ramon contradicts him, says solution is placing Arab villages east of fence - Transportation Minister Shaul......more.. e-mail
Praying against apartheid in Ni’lin
International Solidarity Movement 7/27/2008
Ramallah Region - Friday the 25th of July the people of Ni’lin gathered once more to protest against the construction of the apartheid wall. About 150 villagers and about 20 internationals and Israelis could be found at the olive......more.. e-mail
Women’s demonstration attacked with tear gas and sound bombs in Ni’lin
International Womens’ Peace Service 7/24/2008
On Wednesday 23rd, July IWPS volunteers attended a women’s demonstration in the village of Ni’lin in the Ramallah district of the West Bank. Over 150 women took part including Palestinians from Ni’lin, Ramallah and Tulkarm, and Israeli and international activists......more.. e-mail
’Probe paper for printing Obama note’
Jerusalem Post 7/27/2008
Attorney Shahar Elon petitioned Attorney-General Menahem Mazuz on Sunday to order police to open a criminal investigation against the editor of Ma’ariv and other correspondents from the newspaper following its publication of the note US presidential candidate Barack......more.. e-mail
Huge demonstration in Ni’lin following women’s demonstration
International Solidarity Movement 7/26/2008
Ramallah Region - The Israeli army responded aggressively to the largest non violent demonstration so far against the construction of the annexation fence in Nilin on Thursday. After the women organised action the previous day, many local women joined hundreds of......more.. e-mail
Bil’in’s Che Guevara
Palestine Monitor, Palestine Monitor 7/26/2008
Bil’in village has been struggling for its land, resources and liberty, and against the apartheid Wall for 4 years. When the struggle is that long, almost every resident of the village is involved in non-violent resistance. And amongst......more.. e-mail
Al Ma’sra: Summer camps join the struggle against the Wall
Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, Stop The Wall 7/25/2008
Young people attending summer camps in areas surrounding al-Ma’sra today joined the village for their weekly demonstration against the Apartheid Wall.
Over 200 people gathered in al-Ma’sra before marching towards the area where village land is......more.. e-mail
More clashes in Nilin as villagers tear up foundations of the Apartheid Wall
Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, Stop The Wall 7/25/2008
The people of Nil’in today clashed with occupation forces for the second day in a row, as the village continues its campaign to stop the construction of the Apartheid Wall on their land. Yesterday, occupation forces were forced......more.. e-mail
’Ma’ariv’ blasted for printing Obama’s note in Kotel
Aron Heller, Jerusalem Post 7/26/2008
The decision by Ma’ariv to publish a handwritten note that Barack Obama left this week in the cracks of the Western Wall drew criticism as an invasion of his privacy and his relationship with God. Ma’ariv......more.. e-mail
Report: Rabbis slam removal, publication of note Obama left in cracks of Western Wall
Haaretz Service, Ha’aretz 7/27/2008
Senior rabbis have voiced their criticism over the apparent removal of a note stuffed between the cracks of the Western Wall by U. S. presidential candidate Barack Obama last week, and its subsequent publication in the media, the BBC reported......more.. e-mail
Israelis, Palestinians: Mixed Feelings About Obama
Mark Lavie, MIFTAH 7/26/2008
Both Israelis and Palestinians came away from Barack Obama’s visit to the Holy Land with the feeling he would do more for Mideast peace than President Bush has. But neither side seemed fully convinced that Obama would have......more.. e-mail
This is Palestine
Frank Barat, Jerusalem, The Palestine Chronicle July 21, 2008, Palestine Media Center 7/23/2008
5.30am, Beit Sahour (suburb of Bethlehem): Departure from accommodation.
Need to take taxi to Gilo Checkpoint (to go to Jerusalem). A lot of taxis go past me. They are all full.
-5.50: find taxi. Sharing with 8 other Palestinians.
-6.00... -- See also: Palestine Chronicle ...more.. e-mail
Five injured including Dubai TV crew in peaceful Ni’lin anti-wall protest
Ma’an News Agency 7/25/2008
Ni’lin/Ramallah - Ma’an - Five Palestinians were injured after the Israeli army fired rubber coated metal bullets on a peaceful demonstration in the West Bank village of Ni’lin. Israeli soldiers fired tear gas bombs at......more.. e-mail
UPDATE: Canadian activist beaten and spat on by Israeli army during arrest in Ni’lin facing deportation
International Solidarity Movement 7/25/2008
Ramallah Region - Canadian activist Victor MacDiarmid, who was arrested at a non-violent demonstration against the construction of the apartheid wall in Ni’lin on the 23rd July, is to challenge his Israeli deportation order that was issued this morning......more.. e-mail
Ashraf Abu Rahmah walks bound and blindfolded in Bil’in anti wall protest
Ma’an News Agency 7/25/2008
Ramallah – Ma’an – Ashraf Abu Rahmah, who was hospitalized for more than three weeks after being shot while bound by an Israeli soldier, participated in Friday’s protest and walked with a group from the center Bil’......more.. e-mail
VIDEO - Women’s demonstration in Ni´lin is attacked by Israeli army
International Solidarity Movement 7/25/2008
Ramallah Region - Video - Photos - On the 23rd of July a women’s demonstration against the construction of the apartheid wall took place in Ni’lin. Girls from the local summer camp had painted placards and made two big......more.. e-mail
2 Border Guard policemen hurt in West Bank protest
Efrat Weiss, YNetNews 7/25/2008
Anti-fence protestors hurl stones at forces; IDF officer: Dramatic rise in leftist protests this year - More violence near fence: Two Border Guard police officers sustained light wounds Friday afternoon during a leftist demonstration near the Palestinian village of Naalin, west......more.. e-mail
A non violent weekly protest in Bil’in village
Rula Shahwan, International Middle East Media Center News 7/25/2008
Scores of international and Israeli peace activists along with villager marched against the illegal wall being built on Bil’in village nearby the west bank city of Ramallah on Friday midday Protest headed from the village entrance after the......
Weekly peaceful protest of the wall at Al Khader village
Rula Shahwan, International Middle East Media Center News 7/25/2008
A group of 200 non violent protesters marched in protest against the illegal wall on Friday midday at al Khader village nearby the West Bank city of Bethlehem. IMEMC’s correspondents reported that the protest took place after the......
Qassam lands on Palestinian side of fence
Shmulik Hadad, YNetNews 7/25/2008
After several days of relative calm, rocket fired from Gaza at western Negev; no injuries or damage reported - A Qassam rocket was fired from the northern Gaza Strip just before noon Friday, landing on Palestinian territory near the border fence......more.. e-mail
This Week in Palestine - Week 30 2008
IMEMC News - Audio Dept, International Middle East Media Center News 7/25/2008
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This Week In Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www. IMEMC. org, for July 19th, through July, 25th, 2008.
Top Palestinian......more.. e-mail
The Wall at the End of History
Phyllis Bennis, Middle East Online 7/24/2008
Today, the Silk Road stops in Abu Dis. The road no longer goes through Jerusalem, and can no longer reach the sea. That grimy, garbage-strewn dead end marks the end of 2,202 years of history.Beginning around 100......more.. e-mail
Twelve Palestinians injured in Ni’lin anti wall protest
Ma’an News Agency 7/24/2008
Ramallah – Ma’an – Twelve Palestinians were injured with rubber coated metal bullets and dozens inhaled tear gas after being attacked by Israeli soldiers during a peacefuldemonstration in protest of the construction of a section of the separation wall near......more.. e-mail
Officer, soldier injured by stones in Naalin
Efrat Weiss, YNetNews 7/24/2008
Some 150 Palestinian, left-wing and foreign activists stage anti-fence protest in village west of Ramallah, hurl stones at security forces - A Border Guard officer and an Israel Defense Forces soldier were lightly injured Thursday by stones hurled by protestors near......more.. e-mail
Father of girl who filmed Ni’lin shooting and Canadian activist arrested in Ni’lin
International Solidarity Movement 7/23/2008
Ramallah Region - Photos - On the 23rd July, the father of the girl who filmed the Israeli shooting of a detainee in Ni’lin and a Canadian activist were arrested during a non-violent demonstration again in Ni’lin against......more.. e-mail
US is Israel’s true friend, says Obama at Western Wall
Neta Sela, YNetNews 7/24/2008
Democratic presidential hopeful rounds up visit to Israel by praying at holiest Jewish site, meeting with Wall’s rabbi. America, he stresses, will continue to look out for Israel’s security needs - US Senator and Democratic presidential candidate......more.. e-mail
Obama promises commitment to Mideast peace
Middle East Online 7/24/2008
JERUSALEM - Barack Obama headed for Europe Thursday after holding talks with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas in Ramallah where he promised to support the Middle East peace process.
"I will not wait until a few years into my term or my......more.. e-mail
Shekel crosses 3.5/$
Sharon Baider, Globes Online 7/24/2008
Finotec: If the Israel-US interest rate gap narrows, the shekel will come under more selling pressure. The shekel-dollar exchange rate broke through the NIS 3. 50/$ level this morning for the first time in three months, rising by 0. 8%......more.. e-mail
ISM report: Father of girl who filmed Israeli soldier shoot bound Palestinian arrested
Ma’an News Agency 7/23/2008
Bethlehem - Ma’an - The Israeli army have arrested the father of the girl who filmed the 7 July incident where an Israeli soldier shot a Palestinian man, who was handcuffed and had his feet bound together. The man was......more.. e-mail
The Nakba, Intel, and Kiryat Gat
Electronic Intifada 7/23/2008
In an extravagant ceremony that featured acrobats, drummers, a children’s choir, and speeches by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (in person) and the two top executives of chipmaker Intel Corp. (on giant video screens), the company this month......more.. e-mail
Three arrested at Women only protest against the wall
Ma’an News Agency 7/23/2008
Bethlehem - Ma’an - Three people including one at least one international were arrested in Ni’lin, near Ramallah in the central West Bank, on Wednesday at a peaceful demonstration against the separation wall. The protest was organized and......more.. e-mail
Women’s demonstration in Ni’lin
Ma’an News Agency 7/23/2008
Bethlehem - Ma’an - Women in the West Bank village of Ni’lin, near Ramallah, will hold demonstration against the building of the separation wall on Wednesday. The village has been the site of regular demonstrations in recent months......
A nonviolent protest in Ni’lin village west of Ramallah
Rula Shahwan, International Middle East Media Center News 7/23/2008
Nonviolent peace protesters marched a protest against the illegal wall being built on Palestinian lands on Wednesday midday. [end......
Palestine Today 072308
IMEMC News - Audio Dept, International Middle East Media Center News 7/23/2008
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Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www. imemc. org, for Wednesday July 23rd, 2008.
The......more.. e-mail
In a symbolic act; Gaza children attempt to demolish Rafah Wall with plastic hammers
Saed Bannoura & Agencies, International Middle East Media Center News 7/23/2008
In a symbolic nonviolent act, hundreds of Palestinian children gathered on Wednesday noon near the border wall between the Gaza Strip and Egypt carrying plastic saws and hammers and symbolically attempted to demolish the wall in a move that shows......more.. e-mail
oPt: Protection of civilians weekly report 09 - 15 Jul 2008
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - OCHA, ReliefWeb 7/15/2008
Military activities affecting civilians - The relative calm felt in Gaza and the Western Negev (Israel) since the ceasefire agreement went into force on 19 June continued during the reporting week. Only one serious incident was recorded, in which the IDF......more.. e-mail
PSC: Ask Gordon Brown why he fails to condemn the occupation and ignores the Palestinian Nakba (catastrophe) on its 60th anniversary
Palestine Solidarity Campaign, International Solidarity Movement 7/22/2008
Prime Minister Brown’s speech to the Knesset was a declaration of support for the Zionist project of dispossession and subjugation and a betrayal of the Palestinian people’s legitimate hopes for recognition of their human and national......more.. e-mail
Huffington Post: Susan Sarandon’s double standards
Omid Memarian, Huffington Post, International Solidarity Movement 7/20/2008
Susan Sarandon has expressed surprising unwillingness to denounce her support for the Israeli Billionaire, Lev Leviev, who is has been criticized by a variety of NGOs for his involvement in building settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
In 2004, the......more.. e-mail
Diskin calls for reoccupying Gaza, maintaining permanent military presence
Saed Bannoura & Agencies, International Middle East Media Center News 7/22/2008
Israeli Shin Bet head, Yuval Diskin, called on Tuesday for reoccupying the Gaza Strip and maintaining permanent Israeli military presence in the coastal region. Diskin claimed that Hamas is using the truce is order to rearm its military wing. Speaking......more.. e-mail
Daily News Egypt: Scottish couple barred from delivering medical supplies at Gaza’s Rafah crossing
Eva Bartlett, Daily News Egypt, International Solidarity Movement 7/22/2008
International Actions - Gaza Region - Photos - Ten days after setting out from Edinburgh, five days past their projected July 15 arrival, Scottish humanitarian Khalil Al Niss and his wife Linda Willis finally pulled up Sunday afternoon at the Gaza-Egypt Rafah crossing......more.. e-mail
Soldier who shot prisoner at close range released
Ma’an News Agency 7/22/2008
Bethlehem – Ma’an – The Israeli soldier who was filmed shooting a rubber-coated metal bullet at a hand-cuffed Palestinian man returned to serve in his military division after Israeli military prosecutors released him on Tuesday. In interrogation, the soldier said......more.. e-mail
Bound Palestinian protester shot by soldier
Diaa Hadid, Associated Press Writer, The Independent 7/22/2008
A human rights group has released a video that shows an Israeli soldier firing a rubber-coated bullet from close range toward the feet of a bound, blindfolded Palestinian man. The video, taken two weeks ago, has sparked an investigation by......more.. e-mail
Scottish Medicines for Gaza stopped in El Arish
International Solidarity Movement 7/21/2008
International Actions - Gaza Region - (SUNDAY JULY 20th 4. 45pm) The 1. 5 tons of medicines from Scotland to Gaza are now a few metres outside the gate into Gaza at Rafah on the Egyptian side of the Israeli-built wall that......more.. e-mail
Israeli Army detains soldier caught on video shooting rubber bullet at bound Palestinian
Agence France Presse - AFP, Daily Star 7/22/2008
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: An Israeli soldier caught on film shooting a bound and blindfolded Palestinian detainee in the leg with a rubber-coated bullet has been detained, the army said Monday. "The soldier has been detained for questioning. Once the investigation is......more.. e-mail
Ni’lin delays construction of the apartheid wall again
International Solidarity Movement 7/21/2008
Ramallah Region - On Sunday 20th July, around 50 people joined the demonstration in Ni’lin and headed for the construction site of the apartheid wall. On their way they were attacked by a large number of Israeli soldiers shooting......more.. e-mail
Wednesday 23rd July - Women’s demonstration in Ni’lin
International Solidarity Movement 7/21/2008
Ramallah Region - This is a call out to all female Palestinian, Israeli and international activists to join the non-violent demonstration against the construction of the apartheid wall this week. We will gather on Wednesday morning at 10 o’clock......more.. e-mail
British PM Brown meets with Palestinian and Israeli leaders
Palestine News Network 7/21/2008
Bethlehem / PNN -- After coming to Bethlehem to meet with President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Salem Fayyad, British PM Gordon Brown met Sunday evening with Israeli PM Ehud Olmert in West Jerusalem. In addition to meeting with Abbas and Fayyad......more.. e-mail
Barak, Vilnai demand NIS 500 million more to fortify Gaza-vicinity communities
Roni Sofer, YNetNews 7/22/2008
Defense minister, his deputy drafting proposal calling for allocation of additional funds to fortify south Israel communities that won’t be protected by ’Iron Dome’ rocket-intercepting system -Defense Minister Ehud Barak
and his deputy Matan Vilnai are......more.. e-mail
Still illegal
Khaled Amayreh, Al-Ahram Weekly 7/17/2008
Four years on, Palestinians still demand that the World Court’s ruling on Israel’s apartheid wall be implemented, writes in the West BankClick to view caption Palestinian demonstrators gather at the apartheid wall during a protest marking......more.. e-mail
British PM’s wife visits Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem
Ma’an News Agency 7/20/2008
Bethlehem – Ma’an – Sarah Brown, the wife of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, visited Aida refugee camp in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Sunday in order to learn about the situation of Palestinian refugees. Palestinian Minister of Tourism Khuloud......more.. e-mail
Israeli soldier shot bound Palestinian, video shows
Agence France Presse - AFP, Daily Star 7/21/2008
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: An Israeli soldier shot an arrested and bound Palestinian in the leg with a plastic bullet, footage released by an Israeli human-rights group showed on Sunday. B’Tselem’s video shows the Palestinian demonstrator - identified as......more.. e-mail
VIDEO - IDF soldier documented firing towards bound Palestinian
Ali Waked, YNetNews 7/20/2008
VIDEO) Palestinian teen films soldier aiming towards bound demonstrator arrested in Naalin, firing rubber bullets while officer holds man’s arm; Palestinian claims was injured by fire. IDF: This serious incident negates army values - VIDEO -The IDF has begun......more.. e-mail
Ma’an Exclusive: Interview with PM Salam Fayyad
Ma’an News Agency 7/20/2008
Ramallah – Ma’an Exclusive – "Israeli deals with the West Bank lands as public property which the Israelis exploit as they like and when they like," said appointed Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad. In an interview with Ma’an......more.. e-mail
Barack Obama to arrive in Israel Monday
Barak Ravid, Ha’aretz 7/21/2008
U. S. Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama is scheduled to land in Israel on Monday for a visit, which will include meetings with Israeli and Palestinian officials in Jerusalem and the West Bank. Obama is scheduled to dine with Prime......more.. e-mail
VIDEO: IDF soldier shoots bound Palestinian at short range
Haaretz Service and DPA, Ha’aretz 7/21/2008
The Israeli human rights group B’Tselem on Sunday released a video showing an Israel Defense Forces soldier shooting a Palestinian youth with a rubber bullet at short range, his arms and legs bound by a high-ranking Border Police......more.. e-mail
B’Tselem video shows Israeli soldier shooting bound Palestinian at close range
Ma’an News Agency 7/20/2008
Bethlehem – Ma’an – The Israeli human rights group B’Tselem released on Sunday a video showing an Israeli soldier firing a rubber-coated steel bullet at close range at a bound and blindfolded Palestinian detainee. The shooting took place in the presence of......more.. e-mail
Israeli occupation soldier shoots blindfolded, handcuffed Palestinian detainee
From Khalid Amayreh in the West Bank, Palestinian Information Center 7/20/2008
An Israeli occupation army soldier earlier this month shot from a close range and injured a handcuffed and blindfolded Palestinian detainee, an Israeli human rights group revealed Sunday. According to B’tselem, the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights......more.. e-mail
Israeli forces attack summer camp
Maisa Abu Ghazaleh, Palestine News Network 7/19/2008
Jerusalem -- Israeli forces attacked East Jerusalem’s Beit Hanina Social Club late this week. They scattered the contents of the rooms on to the floor, turning furniture upside down and terrorizing the 220 boys and girls who were there......more.. e-mail
A West Bank Town’s Fight to Survive
Neve Gordon, MIFTAH 7/19/2008
Jerusalem bulldozer ’terrorist’ kills 3 in rampage," read the headline of a CNN article describing the recent attack of a Palestinian construction worker that left three Israelis dead and scores wounded. A Google news search indicates that the......more.. e-mail
Ralliers injured in Bil’in anti-wall demonstration
Ma’an News Agency 7/19/2008
Ramallah – Ma’an – Residents of the central West Bank village of Bil’in west of Ramallah rallied on Friday against the separation wall, confiscation of Palestinian lands for Israeli settlements as well as the crippling siege and daily......more.. e-mail
House invasions, arrests and abuse by army in Madama and Asira al Qiblyia
International Solidarity Movement 7/19/2008
Nablus Region - Photos - In the early morning of July 18th the villages of Madama and Asira al Qiblyia, south of Nablus, were invaded by the Israeli army. A total of twelve houses were invaded and the families, in many cases......more.. e-mail
Reports from the ground: weekly non-violent struggles in Bethlehem and Ni’lin
Palestinian National Initiative, Palestine Monitor 7/19/2008
1. Bethlehem: Israeli army prevents weekly march against the apartheid Wall - Bethlehem, 18-07-08 - On Friday the 18th of July, the peaceful weekly march against the apartheid Wall held in the town of El Masara, South of Bethlehem, was......more.. e-mail
Syrian drug smuggler shot, killed on border
Hanan Greenberg, YNetNews 7/19/2008
IDF force patrolling border fence kills armed Syrian citizen, injures another after they are identified as conducting drug deal. Two Israelis caught with 15 kg of narcotics arrested - IDF soldiers shot and killed on Saturday a Syrian citizen near the......more.. e-mail
IDF says troops shot and killed Syrian drug smuggler
Haaretz Service, Ha’aretz 7/20/2008
Israel Defense Forces troops killed a drugs smuggler from Syria and wounded another on Saturday as they crossed a fence into territory controlled by Israel on the occupied Golan Heights, the Israeli army said. An IDF spokesman said troops on......more.. e-mail
EU, Greek Parliament, foreign supporters attacked during anti-Wall nonviolent Palestinian demo
Palestine News Network 7/18/2008
Bil’in / PNN -- Dozens of Palestinians are injured in Bil’in Village for demonstrating against the illegal actions of Israeli forces. The Palestinian nonviolent demonstrations in this western Ramallah village against the Wall, settlement expansion and land confiscation......more.. e-mail
More injuries as Israeli army attack demonstration in Ni’lin
International Solidarity Movement 7/18/2008
Ramallah Region - Photos - On the 17th July, the village of Ni’lin today continued its struggle against the construction of the illegal Israeli occupation wall that will annexe large quantities of Palestinian land. Approximately 200 locals, Israeli and international......more.. e-mail
Weekly peaceful Protests of the wall continue in Al Khader
Doris Norrito, International Middle East Media Center News 7/18/2008
Close to a hundred Palestinians from the village of Al Khader located near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem were joined by International peace activists for the weekly prayer and march in protest of the illegal wall Israel is......more.. e-mail
Ni’lin: Despite mounting brutality by the Occupation forces, 1,000 villagers protest the Apartheid Wall
Stop The Wall 7/18/2008
Latest News, Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign,Today, 1,000 villagers from Ni’lin, the surrounding villages and international supporters marched in a powerful demonstration to the area were bulldozers are destroying the people’s lands. This comes a day after the Occupation......more.. e-mail
Two arrested in latest Ni’lin demonstration
Stop The Wall 7/16/2008
Latest News,Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, Demonstrations continued yesterday in Ni’lin against the construction of the Apartheid Wall. Organizers have decided to target the bulldozers, in an effort both to hurt the construction company financially and to force the......more.. e-mail
Al Ma’sra protest calls for the release of all Palestinian prisoners
Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, Stop The Wall 7/18/2008
Today the weekly protests of al Ma’sra, south of Bethlehem were dedicated to the fate of the 11 000 Palestinian prisoners still lingering in Israeli jails. Dozens of villagers gathered in the center of the village and marched to the......more.. e-mail
’Our resistance is education’: Students serve as crucial link between Golan Heights, Syria
Meris Moore Lutz, Daily Star 7/19/2008
DAMASCUS-On a hot afternoon in Damascus in late June, 26-year-old Bashar Fakhradeen ticks of his list of things to do, see, and eat before crossing the border back to his village in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights for the last......more.. e-mail
PCHR Weekly Report: 3 Palestinians killed, 13 wounded in Israeli attacks
Saed Bannoura, International Middle East Media Center News 7/18/2008
In its weekly summary of Israeli attacks for the week of July 09 - 16, 2008, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) reports that 3 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. In......more.. e-mail
Human rights weekly report on situation in West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza Strip
PCHR, Palestine News Network 7/18/2008
Gaza City - The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights issued its report on Israeli violations for the period of 9 through 16 July. Three Palestinians were killed in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Thirteen Palestinian civilians, including two children, were......more.. e-mail
One injured, dozens suffer tear gas inhalation at Bil’in weekly non-violent protest
Abdullah Abu Rahmah, International Middle East Media Center News 7/18/2008
At the close of Friday prayers, the people of Bil’in village ,near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, marched in their weekly protest against the apartheid wall and settlements, joined by international and Israeli activists. The demonstrators......more.. e-mail
This Week In Palestine - Week 29 2008
Ghassan Bannoura- Audio Dept, International Middle East Media Center News 7/18/2008
Click on Link to download or play MP3 file|| 13 m 0s || 11. 9 MB || This Week In Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www. IMEMC. org, for July 12th, through July, 18th, 2008.
As political......more.. e-mail
A family under siege
Philip Rizk writing from the occupied Gaza Strip, Electronic Intifada 7/16/2008
At the end of my visit they started asking me to take pictures for their brothers, uncles, sons and fathers detained in Israeli prisons for over four months -- a picture of a newborn not yet seen by the imprisoned father......more.. e-mail
Senegalese president slams Mediterranean Union
Agence France Presse - AFP, Daily Star 7/17/2008
DAKAR: The new Mediterranean Union, a brainchild of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, will split Africa and also erode the African Union, Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade said Wednesday. The outspoken Wade said the new forum, launched last week and bringing together......more.. e-mail
Wade: New Mediterranean bloc will split Africa
Middle East Online 7/16/2008
DAKAR - The new Mediterranean Union, a brainchild of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, will split Africa and also erode the African Union, Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade said Wednesday.
The outspoken Wade said the new forum, launched last week and bringing together......more.. e-mail
'I do not struggle alone'
Dina Awad and Hazem Jamjoum writing from Ramallah, occupied West, Electronic Intifada 7/15/2008
Ibrahim Bornat, 25, from the village of Bil’in in the occupied West Bank, was shot three times in the left thigh with dum-dum bullets by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on 13 June 2008. Like he does every......more.. e-mail
Ahead of prisoner swap: IDF declares Rosh Hanikra area restricted military zone
Ahiya Raved, YNetNews 7/15/2008
Military lays temporary claim to tourist site at Rosh Hanikra in preparation for prisoner exchange deal between Israel, Hizbullah; sets up roadblocks, tents, communications center - Gearing up for the prisoner exchange deal: Dozens of IDF soldiers have been making the......more.. e-mail
Access restrictions and sewage contamination from settlement cause problems for farmers in Az Zawiya
International Womens’ Peace Service 7/14/2008
Az-Zawiya is a town of approximately 5000 inhabitants, located 5 kilometers west of Salfit and 24 kilometers south of Qalqiliya. 24,000 dunams of land belonged to Az-Zawiya before 1948, but 3,000 were lost to the military practice area, 3,000 to......more.. e-mail
Nonviolence Network in the Arab Countries
Palestine Monitor, Palestine Monitor 7/14/2008
For more than 50 days villagers of Ni’lin have been protesting against the expansion ofIsrael’s illegal wall, which runs directly through their fields and destroys their crops. Last Thursday the Israeli army has responded to the......more.. e-mail
VIDEO - Member of the Popular Committee in Ni’lin arrested during demonstration
Video by Israel Putermam, International Solidarity Movement 7/14/2008
Ramallah Region - Video - Photos - More than 100 villagers from Ni´lin, together with international and Israeli activists, marched towards the nearby settlements that unlawfully separates the village in two. The peaceful demonstrators were intercepted at the entrance to the village......more.. e-mail
In a fresh violation of calm, IOF soldiers shoot and wound Palestinian
Palestinian Information Center 7/14/2008
GAZA, (PIC)-- A Palestinian man was shot and wounded on Monday at the hands of the Israeli occupation forces stationed east of Deir Al-Balah in central Gaza Strip. PIC reporter said that the soldiers opened their machinegun fire at a......
VIDEO - AlJazeera: Norman Finkelstein versus Ariel Sharon’s advisor on the wall
International Solidarity Movement 7/14/2008
The Israeli separation wall making its way through the West Bank cuts to the heart of the Palestinian-Israeli issue: Will the final settlement between these two peoples be negotiated, or imposed unilaterally by Israel? [end......
’This is like apartheid’: ANC veterans visit West Bank
Donald Macintyre in Hebron, The Independent 7/11/2008
Veterans of the anti-apartheid struggle said last night that the segregation endured by Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied territories was in some respects worse than that imposed on the black majority under white rule in South Africa.
Members of a 23......more.. e-mail
Israeli troops kill unarmed Palestinian at Gaza border
Agence France Presse - AFP, Daily Star 7/11/2008
GAZA CITY: Israeli troops shot dead an unarmed Palestinian on the border in the Gaza Strip Thursday, the first fatality of a three-week-old truce, prompting retaliatory rocket fire. Troops "identified a suspicious person crossing the fence from Gaza into Israel......more.. e-mail
No section of the wall nullified by Israeli court dismantled
Report, B'Tselem, Electronic Intifada 7/9/2008
The separation barrier has not been moved in any of the sections that were built and later nullified by the Israeli high court. The human rights organization B’Tselem published this finding today, 9 July 2008, marking the fourth......more.. e-mail
Ni’lin: dozens injured as army continues its cark down
Ghassan Bannoura, International Middle East Media Center News 7/10/2008
700 people demonstrated in Ni’lin village near the central West Bank city of Ramallah again on Thursday, in defiance of the Israeli army crackdown on protest organized against the illegal wall being built on the village land. Earlier......more.. e-mail
Israel has not dismantled any section of the Separation Barrier that was nullified by the High Court
Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, ReliefWeb 7/9/2008
The Separation Barrier has not been moved in any of the sections that were built and later nullified by the High Court of Justice. The human rights organization B’Tselem published this finding today, 9 July 2008, marking the......more.. e-mail
Israeli forces detain 7 civilians, demolish homes in Hebron
Ma’an News Agency 7/10/2008
Hebron - Ma’an - Seven civilians from Hebron were detained by Israeli troops at dawn on Thursday. The troops also demolished two houses and razed lands in the city, an eyewitness reports. Abdel Salam Karameh, a civilian from Hebron, told......more.. e-mail
The Israeli army attacks Al Khader village near Bethlehem
Ghassan Bannoura, International Middle East Media Center News 7/10/2008
The Israeli army attacked the village of Al Khader near Bethlehem and then ransacked the home of the mayor, on Thursday morning. Witnesses said that several army jeeps invaded the village the surrounded the house of Ramzi Salah, the mayor......
IOA to build 1883 new housing units in occupied Jerusalem
Palestinian Information Center 7/10/2008
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)-- The Israeli controlled municipality of occupied Jerusalem has endorsed plans to build 983 new housing units in Jabal Abu Ghunaim (Har Homa) south of occupied Jerusalem. An Israeli society monitoring settlement activity in occupied Jerusalem reported that......more.. e-mail
Nonviolent resistance continues in western Ramallah, 16 injured
Palestine News Network 7/10/2008
Ramallah / PNN - Israeli forces injured 16 people, including eight foreigners in western Ramallah’s Nil’in Village on Thursday. Campaign Coordinator of the Committee against the Wall in Western Ramallah, Salah Al Khawaja, told PNN that attacks by......more.. e-mail
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