Archive for August, 2006
...AP: Gazans Protest Journalists’ Abduction
Saturday, August 19th, 2006 | Posted in Press clippings, Gaza RegionBil’in Demonstration Against the Wall Turns Blue
Friday, August 18th, 2006 | Posted in Press Releases, Bil'in Village, ISM Media Alerts, Photos
Teenage Settlers Hurl Glass Bottles at Human Rights Workers
Friday, August 18th, 2006 | Posted in Reports, Hebron RegionBy Missy and Giuseppe
At approximately 1:00 PM on August 17th, settler boys were throwing rocks at Palestinian people descending the Qurtaba School stairs. One international human rights worker approached the area quickly, but was told by the soldier to get away. The soldier then came yelling out of his post, and threw his chair at the...
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Resistance and Collective Punishment in Beit Furik and Salim
Thursday, August 17th, 2006 | Posted in Reports, Nablus Region
Bil’in Continues Struggle Despite Soldier Brutality
Thursday, August 17th, 2006 | Posted in Press Releases, ISM Media AlertsFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tomorrow, August 18, 2006, at 9am Palestinians from the village of Bil’in will gather in the local playground at a school in Bil’in to hold a football game under the banner “Stop The Wall.” In the midst of the Occupation, the football game is a joyous act of resistance.
Unstable Soldier Harasses Palestinians and Internationals
Thursday, August 17th, 2006 | Posted in Reports, Hebron RegionBy Missy, Giuseppe, Gary and Sebastian
At approximately 9 PM August 14th, human rights workers (HRW) living in Tel Rumeida went to the checkpoint to investigate a rumor of abuse of a Palestinian man by the soldiers there. They noticed at the checkpoint a small man crouching in the corner of an impromptu soldier’s post to the right...
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Soldiers Detain Palestinian Kids for getting hit with Settlers’ Rocks
Thursday, August 17th, 2006 | Posted in Reports, Hebron RegionBy Missy
At approximately 4:00 PM August 14th, while sitting at Checkpoint #56 in Tel Rumeida, Hebron, three Israeli soldiers escorted two Palestinian boys who appeared to be around ten years of age to the police station. The boys were holding a kite and nothing else. They looked very nervous and scared, staring mostly at each other and...
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IWPS: 19 year old man shot at Huwarra checkpoint
Thursday, August 17th, 2006 | Posted in Reports, Salfit Region12 August 2006
Today the International Women’s Peace Service (IWPS) visited a family in Haris whose son had been shot after he passed through Huwarra checkpoint on the way out of Nablus. Their son Salem is 19 years old and has permission to travel to Nablus. He works at Barqan Industrial Complex....
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