Archive for September, 2006
IOF attacks Marda village, Salfit region
Saturday, September 30th, 2006 | Posted in Salfit Regionby International Women’s Peace Service
Around 10:30p.m. on Thursday 28th September 2006 the Israeli army entered the village of Marda with at least seven armoured vehicles, including jeeps, hummers and a truck. IWPS volunteers present in the village witnessed...
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The Fire That Will Not Die…
Friday, September 29th, 2006 | Posted in Reports, Bil'in Villageby Tom
A quick look at the forecast and the calendar today might have told one all that you needed to know about how the demo at Bil’in might have been expected to fare. Unseasonally hot weather, combined with it being Ramadan, the month of fasting for Muslims, both significantly contributed to a somewhat muted protest today....
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Olive Harvest Campaign 2006 Gets Underway!
Friday, September 29th, 2006 | Posted in Reports, Nablus Region, Photos, Olive Harvest 2006
Israeli Settler Attacks and Harassment in Hebron
Thursday, September 28th, 2006 | Posted in Reports, Hebron Regionby ISM Hebron
27th September 2006: At 1:30pm today a stoning took place on Shuhada Street near Beit Hadassah settlement, which is the street where most of the attacks against Palestinians in the street occur. Eight Israeli settler children, aged about ten years old, threw rocks at the Palestinians and at windows of a home, which...
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Balata Invasion Fails to Dampen Festive Cheer
Wednesday, September 27th, 2006 | Posted in Reports, Nablus Region, Photos
Ynet: UN Envoy Condemns Israeli “Ethnic Cleansing” of Palestinians
Wednesday, September 27th, 2006 | Posted in Press clippings, Gaza RegionSpecial UN envoy on human rights in Palestinian territories says in special report Israel’s actions in territories can be described as ‘ethnic cleansing,’ adds three-quarters of Gaza population depend on food aid for survival
UK Company Supplying Arms to Israel Blockaded
Tuesday, September 26th, 2006 | Posted in Reports, International ActionsProtesters shut down the Brighton, UK, arms factory EDO-MBM in the early hours of September 21st. Using barrels filled with concrete and bicycle locks they closed all the gates to the factory, effectively stopping anyone from entering the building.
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Haaretz: Israeli “Law as Roadkill on Highway 443″
Tuesday, September 26th, 2006 | Posted in Press clippings, Ramallah Regionby Akiva Eldar, September 26th
The masses of Israelis who regularly travel to Jerusalem via Modi’in are familiar with the large cement cubes near the signs that indicate the approach roads to the Palestinian villages on either side of the main road known as Highway...
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