Archive for November, 2007

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Indymedia: New York Rights Activists Escalate Protests Against Leviev Over Palestine

Wednesday, November 21st, 2007 | Posted in Press clippings, Qalqilya Region, Bil'in Village

By Adalah-NY

New York, New York, Nov. 20 – The Madison Avenue jewelry store *LEVIEV New York* was again the site of protests by human rights activists angered by Israeli diamond mogul Lev Leviev’s settlement construction in Palestine, and other abusive practices in Angola and New York City. Tuesday evening’s protest, on the...

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Israeli Army Invades Fara’h Refugee Camp

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007 | Posted in Reports, Nablus Region

On Tuesday, November 20th, international Human Rights Workers (HRWs) were alerted to a military invasion in the Fara’h refugee camp, near Nablus. The military had surrounded the camp during the night and the attack began around 1 am. The army was said to have been looking for wanted men, and though they arrested around eleven people, it is...

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Curfew in Al Funduq

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007 | Posted in Reports, Qalqilya Region, Video, Photos

The village of Al Funduq, 15km from Qalqilia, is today under curfew. For the first time in the history of the village the 700 residents are forbidden from entering the streets, driving cars, and are subject to random house searches.


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The US is Guilty of Human Rights Violations Against the Palestinian People

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007 | Posted in Journals

By Nick

The United States government knows Israel is guilty of numerous human rights abuses against the Palestinian people and has done for many years. However, the US government chooses to overlook Israel’s numerous crimes against humanity and breaches of international law because it feels it is a country of strategic importance....

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Man Blindfolded and Beaten in Tel Rumeida

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007 | Posted in Reports, Hebron Region

In the evening the 19th of November a Palestinian man was arrested, blindfolded and beaten without reason while walking outside his house in Tel Rumeida, Hebron. The man was walking in his own property, a couple of meters form his house, when a soldier started yelling at him falsely accusing him for having entered a closed military zone. Two more...

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Israeli Army Deny Hebron Man Passage to His Home

Monday, November 19th, 2007 | Posted in Reports, Hebron Region

The 18th of November a Palestinian man was refused to pass checkpoint H56 in central Hebron because he was carrying a bottle of cooking gas to his home. Checkpoint H56 is situated on the border between the PA-controlled area in Hebron (often referred to as H1) and the area which is under direct control of the Israeli Occupation Force (referred to...

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IMEMC: Israel to Deport Four Palestinian Detainees to Jordan

Sunday, November 18th, 2007 | Posted in Press clippings

By Saed, IMEMC Reporter

The Israeli authorities decided on Wednesday to deport four Palestinian detainees to Jordan after claiming that their presence in the Palestinian territories is illegal.

In a letter which was leaked from al-Jalama prison facility, the detainees stated that they were recently informed that they...

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Israeli Army Invades School in Azzoun

Sunday, November 18th, 2007 | Posted in Reports, Qalqilya Region

This morning an Israeli jeep containing 4 Israeli soldiers invaded the school grounds of the Azzoun High School - contravening international law. Jeep #401 entered the school grounds at approximately 8:30am, at the end of the second lesson, driving through the school yard, all the way up to the steps of the main school building.

Three teachers...

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Large Non-Violent Demonstration Tomorrow At Huwwara Checkpoint

Sunday, November 18th, 2007 | Posted in Press Releases, ISM Media Alerts

For Immediate Release

There will be a large non-violent demonstration tomorrow at 3.30pm against Huwwara checkpoint, just south of the West Bank city of Nablus. Palestinians, joined by internationals, will deliver a message to the Israeli army: We have had enough of the seven years of curfew that have been imposed on Nablus.

Huwwara...

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The Guardian: Homes in Illegal Israeli Settlements For Sale at London Expo

Saturday, November 17th, 2007 | Posted in Press clippings

By Haroon Siddique

Israeli companies are using UK property shows to sell housing in illegal Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, Guardian Unlimited can reveal.

At the Israel Property Exhibition at Brent town hall, North London last Sunday, one company, Anglo-Saxon Real Estate, was offering for sale properties in...

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