Archive for April, 2007

IMEMC: Palestine Information Minister visits Spain, meets Spanish Foreign Minister

Saturday, April 28th, 2007 | Posted in Press clippings, International Actions

P.A Information minister visits Spain, meets Moratinos
by Naseer Faleh, 28 April 2007


Photo: IMEMC

Spanish Foreign Minister, Miguel Angel Moratinos, welcomed...

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Haaretz: Protest in Jaffa against home demolitions

Saturday, April 28th, 2007 | Posted in Press clippings, 1948 Palestine

Protestors rally in Jaffa against move to evict local Arab families
By Yigal Hai, 28 April 2007

Hundreds of Jaffa residents on Friday participated in a march to protest measures that the Israel Lands Authority and the Amidar housing company have taken in the...

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Taking the piss out of war games in Hebron

Saturday, April 28th, 2007 | Posted in Journals, Hebron Region

by: Yifat Appelbaum

Israeli soldiers in Hebron sometimes do exercises to practice for combat situations. Ok, I can accept that. They need to always be on their toes in case there is a terrorist, right? *wink wink nudge nudge* But when they do it around Palestinian homes it is just a form of harassment, the purpose of which is to scare and...

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Israeli settler attacks Palestinian girl, Police detain four human rights workers

Saturday, April 28th, 2007 | Posted in Reports, Hebron Region

Israeli settler attacks Palestinian girl
by ISM Hebron, 28 April 2007

On Tuesday, April 24, just after 11 am, two human rights workers (HRWs), an Israeli and an international, saw a settler boy from the Tel Rumeida Settlement beat a Palestinian girl as she was making her way home from school. The six border...

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PNN: Gathering Steam in South Bethlehem

Friday, April 27th, 2007 | Posted in Press Releases, Reports, Photos, Bethlehem Region

Nonviolent Activism Gathers Steam in Southern Bethlehem
by Sami Awad, April 27th, 2007

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Residents of Al Hadidiya to Resist Home Demolitions

Friday, April 27th, 2007 | Posted in Press Releases, Tubas Region

Residents in Al Hadidiya prepare to Resist the Demolition of their Homes
from Brighton Palestine, 27 April 2007

The residents of Al Hadidya have been awaiting army action since April 21st when a court ruling came into effect ordering them to leave and...

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Amnesty Int’l: Al Hadidiya - Urgent Action Alert Launched

Friday, April 27th, 2007 | Posted in Press Releases, Tubas Region

House Demolition/forced eviction
from Amnesty International, 27 April 2007

East Med Team
PUBLIC AI Index: MDE 15/029/2007

On 10 April, the Israeli army served demolition orders on all the residents of the Palestinian Bedouin village of Hadidiya, in the Jordan...

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Just can’t quell the non-violent resistance

Friday, April 27th, 2007 | Posted in Reports, Bil'in Village

Just can’t quell the non-violent resistance
by ISM Martinez, 27 April 2007

Once a week for 26 months, Palestinians from the village of Bil’in have been non-violently resisting the Israeli Occupation and the Apartheid...

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YNet: Leftists say violently attacked by settlers

Friday, April 27th, 2007 | Posted in Press Releases, Press clippings, Hebron Region

Leftists say violently attacked by settlers
by Ali Waked, 27 April 2007


Photo: Dalit Shaham

Two Israeli left-wing activists claim...

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IMEMC: Against the Wall near Bethlehem

Friday, April 27th, 2007 | Posted in Press Releases, Reports, Bethlehem Region

Peaceful demonstration against the illegal wall and settlements near Bethlehem
Polly Bangoriad, 27 April 2007

On Friday midday Palestinian, Israeli and international peace activists held a non-violent demonstration near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem,...

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