Archive for March, 2008

Haaretz: High Court ruling closes off Route 443 to Palestinians

Monday, March 24th, 2008 | Posted in Press clippings, Ramallah Region, Photos

Original article printed in Haaretz on the 19th March 2008. For the original article click here

The interim decision issued 10 days ago by the High...

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The Jewish Advocate : This land was theirs

Monday, March 24th, 2008 | Posted in Press clippings

By Hannah Mermelstein - Sunday March 23 2008

On March 20, 1941, Yosef Weitz of the Jewish National Fund wrote: “The complete evacuation of the country from its other inhabitants and handing it over to the Jewish people is the answer.” On this day in 1948, almost two months before the first “Arab-Israeli war” technically began,...

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House Confiscation in Old City Hebron

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008 | Posted in Reports, Hebron Region

The Knaby family have lived in a house in the Old City since Saladin’s time in Hebron. They own a modest five bedroomed house in the middle of the Old City, with Beit Haddasah opposite and two army posts overhead on their roof which insist on being as loud as possible all night.

The family moved out of the house three months ago into...

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JPOST: PA urges Palestinians to ‘return’

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008 | Posted in Press clippings, Denial of entry

Original article published in the Jerusalem Post on March 18th. For original article click here

The Palestinian Authority is planning to mark Israel’s 60th anniversary by calling on all Palestinians living...

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UPDATE: Blake Murphy is deported to the US

Friday, March 21st, 2008 | Posted in Press Releases, Reports, Bil'in Village, Photos

Blake Murphy, an American activist from Bedford, MA, working in the West Bank, was beaten and arrested by Israeli army and police forces on Friday 14th March 2008. He has had to face a series of evidently false charges from the Israeli authorities due to his work supporting non-violent resistance to the occupation of Palestine. He was deported to...

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Ma’an: Israeli police ordered to shoot Palestinian demonstrators along separation wall

Friday, March 21st, 2008 | Posted in Press clippings, Jerusalem Region

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Ma’an – Israeli authorities have given new directive to border police operating along the Israeli separation wall surrounding Jerusalem enabling them to open fire directly on Palestinians who try to demonstrate near the...

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Rachel Corrie’s parents speak at Nablus demonstration to remember those killed in Gaza

Thursday, March 20th, 2008 | Posted in Reports, Nablus Region, Rachel Corrie, Photos



Today 200 residents of Nablus and internationals gathered to commemorate the five-year anniversary of the murder...

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Women of the Underworld: On Being Thrown Out of Israel

Thursday, March 20th, 2008 | Posted in Journals, Denial of entry

What stays with me most from the last few days is the kindness of women. Just ordinary women, caught in bad circumstances, being nice to one another.

I’ve spent a lot of the last week being searched, questioned, detained, jailed, and ultimately denied...

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Demonstration at Beit Furik checkpoint calling for its removal

Monday, March 17th, 2008 | Posted in Reports, Nablus Region, Photos


At 10am on Saturday 15th March 2008 approximately 50 Palestinians and internationals gathered at the Beit Furik checkpoint near Nablus to protest against the checkpoint. Internationals and residents of Nablus joined...

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Israeli army invade Nablus and occupy house

Monday, March 17th, 2008 | Posted in Reports, Nablus Region, Photos


At approximately 8:30am on Sunday morning Israeli army forces again invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Israeli soldiers surrounded an apartment building in Al Ein refugee camp, before occupying an empty apartment...

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