Archive for August, 2007
Haaretz: Berlin Protesters Demonstrate Against Israeli Products
Sunday, August 19th, 2007 | Posted in Press clippings, Boycott & sanctionsBerlin Protesters Demonstrate Against Israeli Products
By Assaf Uni , Haarerz Correspondent
BERLIN - The opening of “Israel Week” at the Galeria Kaufhof department store in Berlin spurred a demonstration Saturday against Israeli food products...
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Gulf Times, AFP: Four Hurt During Anti-Barrier Rallies
Sunday, August 19th, 2007 | Posted in Press clippings, Bil'in VillageUmm Salamona: Soldiers Get Rough With Protesters
Sunday, August 19th, 2007 | Posted in Reports, Bethlehem RegionOn Friday afternoon August 17th over 150 Palestinian landowners and their families were accompanied by Israeli and international human rights activists to protest against the Apartheid wall in Umm Salamona and W’laga on the outskirts of Bethlehem.
The demonstration has become a weekly event as residents become more and more determined...
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Palestinians Prevented from Accessing Their Land Despite High Court Ruling
Sunday, August 19th, 2007 | Posted in Reports, Nablus RegionReport from Nablus region
Deir Al Hattab August 17th, 2007
Four international ISM human rights workers joined Palestinian activists and the local popular committee yesterday in Deir Al Hattab concerning the ongoing situation there.
Deir Al Hattab is a village of 13,000 dunums that has been able to reach only 5,000 since 1986...
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Israeli Army attacks nonviolent protesters again in Bilin
Saturday, August 18th, 2007 | Posted in Bil'in Village, VideoThe Israeli military continues to violently attack completely non violent demonstrations. This video is from the weekly demonstration in Bili village from August 17, 2007.
Tulkarm Struggles Against the Wall, Settlements and Israeli Chemical Factories
Friday, August 17th, 2007 | Posted in Reports, Tulkarem RegionThe Tulkarm area covers the city of Tulkarm and 31 villages in its surrounding areas. In this area live approximately 180,000 inhabitants. About 45,000 live in the city itself, 18,000 live the larger refugee camp and 8,000 in the smaller camp. Tulkarm is only 13 km away from the Mediterranean Sea by the Israeli town of Netanya, but since 1990 the...
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Soldiers Arrest Palestinian for Walking on His Own Land
Thursday, August 16th, 2007 | Posted in Reports, Hebron RegionA Palestinian living in the Hebron region was passing through his land on the 11th of August, 2007, when 5 soldiers ordered him to stop. The soldiers told the Palestinian that it was not his land, however when he asked for papers to prove the soldiers’ claim, he was arrested and taken to a military base in Tel Rumeida. There he was detained for...
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Nighttime Invasions in Nablus
Thursday, August 16th, 2007 | Posted in Reports, Nablus Region15.08.2007
This morning at 7AM human rights workers rushed to the other side of Nablus in Ta’awun Street where 8 homes had been taken over by the Israeli army. They joined the medical assistance relief team that had already arrived at the scene. 10-15 military vehicles and a bulldozer were in the street. In this case the families were...
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