Anti-wall Protests: army violence in Bil`in, relative restraint in Walaja
Sunday, September 30th, 2007 | Posted in Reports, Bil'in Village, Video, Bethlehem RegionBy Ghassan Bannoura/John Smith
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September 28, 2007
Archive for September, 2007
Ha’aretz: Twilight Zone - The children of 5767
Saturday, September 29th, 2007 | Posted in Press clippings, Nablus Region, Jenin Region, Jerusalem Region, Gaza RegionBy: Gideon Levy
September 28th, 2007
It was a pretty quiet year, relatively speaking. Only 457 Palestinians and 10 Israelis were killed, according to the B’Tselem human rights organization, including the victims of Qassam rockets. Fewer casualties than in many previous years. However, it was still a terrible year:...
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New fence erected on anniversary of massacre
Friday, September 28th, 2007 | Posted in Reports, Hebron Region
Human Rights Observor attacked by settler, grilled by police
Friday, September 28th, 2007 | Posted in Reports, Hebron RegionSusiya, south Hebron region
September 26th, 2007
A little before 10:00am an international human rights worker began to monitor an Israeli settler working on land located directly next to Susiya settlement on the road leading both to Hebron and Beer Sheva.
This settler, Musi Doyts, is the only person allowed to work this...
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Ha’aretz: Settlers plan to set up 5 new West Bank outposts during Sukkot
Thursday, September 27th, 2007 | Posted in Press clippings, Nablus Region, Hebron RegionBy: Nadav Shragai
September 26th, 2007
Right-wing activists are planning to set up five new settlement nuclei throughout the West Bank this Sunday, during the interim days of Sukkot.
The operation, details of which were announced Tuesday, will include taking possession of the land at the following locations: Givat...
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Guardian: Life behind the wire
Thursday, September 27th, 2007 | Posted in Press clippings, Gaza RegionBy: Chris Doyle
September 24, 2007
Imagine if, after an IRA bombing, a British prime minister declared Catholic areas in Northern Ireland to be hostile territory, and threatened to reduce or cut off goods, water, fuel and electricity supplies.
It sounds implausible but the one and a half million residents of the...
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Ha’aretz: Listen as the silence breaks
Thursday, September 27th, 2007 | Posted in Press clippings, Gaza RegionIn Memory of Haidar Abdel Shafi
Tuesday, September 25th, 2007 | Posted in Press Releases, CommentarySpeech by Haidar Abdel Shafi Madrid 31 October 1991
In the name of God, the merciful, the compassionate. O esteemed audience.
Allow me first to extend greetings of thanks and appreciation to the State of Spain, king, government, and people, for hosting this historic conference. I would also like to extend greetings of pride and appreciation...
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Christian Science Monitor: Nonviolent protest gains in West Bank
Monday, September 24th, 2007 | Posted in Press clippings, Bil'in Village, Bethlehem RegionThey punish the village by stealing our children
Monday, September 24th, 2007 | Posted in Reports, Nablus RegionQusin, September 24th 2007.
After reports of reprisals by IOF against the peaceful inhabitants of Qusin, two ISM activists visited the village today to receive first hand accounts of the harassment the villagers have received. After a non-violent and successful demonstration led by the people of Qusin and supported by international activists,...
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