Archive for December, 2006

Palestine Times: “Defiant villagers united in face of violent occupation”

Thursday, December 21st, 2006 | Posted in Press clippings, Bil'in Village

by Asa Winstanley, December 18th

The demonstration is small but feisty. Accompanied by around 15 international supporters and a few Israeli stalwarts, the inhabitants of Bil’in, a village in the West Bank near Ramallah, voice their protest against the Israeli...

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PNN: “Palestinian nonviolent protest at checkpoint as Israeli soldiers beat student”

Wednesday, December 20th, 2006 | Posted in Press clippings, Tubas Region

by Ali Samoudi, December 20th

On Wednesday Israeli forces occupying Al Hamra Checkpoint in Jenin confiscated the identity cards of hundreds of Palestinians, detaining them for five hours. While the soldiers were confiscating identification...

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Israel has the right to defend herself

Wednesday, December 20th, 2006 | Posted in Journals, Hebron Region, Photos

by John, December 18th


“Israel is a democracy and a friend and has every right to defend itself from terror.”
George Bush, May 2004

I had a tour of Hebron today going a bit...

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Ynet: “Palestinian: Soldiers invaded my home to nap”

Tuesday, December 19th, 2006 | Posted in Press clippings, Nablus Region

by Ali Waked, December 19th

Resident of Palestinian village forced to empty his home to accommodate over 20 soldiers for some 15 hours supposedly to carry out observation. Palestinian claims soldiers ‘just went to sleep’

A...

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Testimony from Detained Human Rights Defender

Monday, December 18th, 2006 | Posted in Journals, Hebron Region

by Mary, December 18th

There have been four occasions in the last two and a half months when the Israeli army and police have helped and encouraged Israeli settlers to trespass on Palestinian land. This is against Israeli law. The aim is probably to help Israeli settlers establish a bridgehead on Palestinian land so that in the...

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Abbas and Blair, Much Ado About Nothing

Monday, December 18th, 2006 | Posted in Commentary

by Katie Miranda

Checkpoint Humiliation

Monday, December 18th, 2006 | Posted in Journals, Nablus Region, Salfit Region

The other day as we were travelling through Zatara checkpoint between Ramallah and Nablus, I witnessed a particularly disgusting display of power by the Israeli army. An extremely public humiliation of a woman, who was taken out of a shared taxi and had her ID and phone removed. She was fighting back the tears, trying to retain her dignity, but...

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Action Alert - Hope Flowers School

Monday, December 18th, 2006 | Posted in Action Alert, Bethlehem Region

An Urgent Request to Keep Hope Alive

As many of you know, the Israeli authorities started to build a wall around the Palestinian cities and villages a few years ago. In 2003, the Hope Flowers School received a demolition order for the school cafeteria, because the cafeteria...

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Forty settlers freely trespass Palestinian property, Australian human rights volunteer arrested

Sunday, December 17th, 2006 | Posted in Reports, Hebron Region, Photos

by ISM Hebron, December 17th

At 11am, human rights workers in the Tel Rumeida district of Hebron were alerted that 40 Israeli settlers, one of whom was armed, had invaded the Abu Haikal’s property...

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Israeli denial of entry policy continues despite promises made to the EU

Sunday, December 17th, 2006 | Posted in Press Releases, Denial of entry

by the Right to Entry Campaign, December 17th

Despite assurances given to the EU presidency by Israeli authorities, foreigners continue to be barred from passing through Israeli-controlled access points when their destination is the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt). “Arbitrary denials...

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