Archive for August, 2007

Video: Soldiers Beat Palestinian Demonstrators in Bil’in, Arrest Two Israelis and Detain One International

Friday, August 31st, 2007 | Posted in Press Releases, Video



Today marked the 134th consecutive...

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Haaretz: “A bench in the breach?”

Friday, August 31st, 2007 | Posted in Press clippings, Bil'in Village

By Akiva Eldar

“And as always, those who are hurt more than anyone else are the Palestinians, on whose land the High Court seal of approval has been given for Jews to settle.”

Something strange happened this week in the Supreme Court. Justice Ayala Procaccia,...

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Court Rejects Two Petitions Against Fence Route

Thursday, August 30th, 2007 | Posted in Press Releases

High Court says alternative fence route near Alfei Manashe drafted by government causes ‘proportionate harm’ to Palestinian residents in area
Aviram Zino

08.29.07, 12:39 / Israel News

The High Court of Justice on Wednesday rejected...

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Aggressive Settlers Set Fire to Palestinian Olive Trees

Thursday, August 30th, 2007 | Posted in Reports, Nablus Region

Tel, Nablus region
29/08/08

On Monday, August 27th, at 2pm, a family of seven settlers, headed by the father, Moshe Zohar, came down from their illegally built house next to the Qadumim settlement, on to Palestinian land and set fire to around 300 olive trees.

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Call to Action!!! Defiant village resfuses to be blocked off any longer.

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007 | Posted in Press Releases, Reports, Nablus Region, Action Alert

Sarra, Nablus region

On the 25th August, Israeli Occupation Forces entered the village of Sarra to close a roadblock that had been previously opened. The Monday before, (20th August) international activists joined Palestinian villagers in removing a road block that turned a 5 minute journey to Nablus into half an hour. There was to be another...

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UK Charity Targets Israel

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007 | Posted in Press clippings

you can get war on want’s BDS guide in PDF here:

www.waronwant.org/download. php?id=587

UK charity targets Israel

War On Want: Israel’s disregard for human rights is one of gravest injustices in century...

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Religious Fervor Induced Over Theft of Palestinian Land

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007 | Posted in Reports, Hebron Region, Video

22/08/07

From August 18th, 2007 through to the 22nd, international Human Rights Workers (HRWs) in the Susiya region noticed an increase of activity on Palestinian land. The land in question, belonging to a family in the region, has been arbitrarily declared by the military as a “special security area,”. The essential meaning being that...

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Humanism or Collaboration? Palestinian Police Saves Israeli Soldier In Jenin

Monday, August 27th, 2007 | Posted in Reports, Jenin Region

27th August 2007

In the early afternoon the Palestinian security forces returned an Israeli soldier who is understood to have become lost in the streets of Jenin.

At about 1.30 pm a single Israeli soldier, coming from Nasser street, entered the city center of Jenin. Eye witnesses reported that he was driving a civilian car, but because...

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One Palestinian killed and four injured during Israeli undercover operation in Jenin

Monday, August 27th, 2007 | Posted in Reports, Jenin Region

26th August 2007

Salah Muhammed Surour leader of the Al-Quds Brigades (the armed wing of Islamic Jihad) was killed in Jenin in the early hours of Saturday. Four other Palestinian were injured in the same incident..

Eye witnesses report that at about 5am Salah Muhammad Surour (Ala Abu As-Sa’eed) and three other Palestinians...

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Olive Harvest: Take your place in Solidarity with the Palestinians

Monday, August 27th, 2007 | Posted in Press Releases, ISM Statements, Olive Harvest 2007

Olive Harvest 2007: You Are Needed More Than Ever!

Photo by Asa Winstanley
Join Us in Palestine for the 2007 Olive Harvest Campaign! Palestinian farmers and agricultural organizations, in coordination with the International Solidarity...

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