Archive for the 'Photos' Category
PCHR: Narratives Under Siege
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008 | Posted in Press clippings, Gaza Region, PhotosIn order to highlight the impact of the siege and closure of the Gaza Strip on the civilian population, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) is publishing a series of “Narratives Under Siege” on their website. These short articles are based on personal testimonies and experiences of life in the Gaza Strip, highlighting the...
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Settlers and Israeli army attack Assira al Qibliya injuring two Palestinians
Saturday, May 3rd, 2008 | Posted in Reports, Nablus Region, PhotosOn Saturday 3rd of May a group of Israeli Settlers paraded and attacked local Palestinans within the small village of Assira al Qibliya. Assira al Qibliya, is situated in the Nablus governorate in the north of the West Bank and has become used to these regular settler attacks. Two Palestinians, one 15 year old and one 40 year old were hospitalised...
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Israeli soldiers beat residents and damage vehicles during curfew in Azzoun
Saturday, May 3rd, 2008 | Posted in Reports, Qalqilya Region, PhotosThe village of Azzoun, nine kilometres west of Qalqilya, was again put under curfew by Israeli soldiers at 6pm on Friday 2nd May, lasting until 2pm the next day. This is the ninth curfew to be imposed on the village of 11000 people in the past eleven days.
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Checkpoint 17, near Nablus, is opened, but still with restrictions
Monday, April 28th, 2008 | Posted in Reports, Nablus Region, PhotosOn Monday 28th April, the Israeli checkpoint Assira ‘Ash Shamaliya, known as checkpoint 17, was opened for the first time in four years. The checkpoint, which separates the city of Nablus from the northern village of Asira ‘ash Shamaliya and other neighbouring villages, was the first of the promised fifty checkpoints to be removed around...
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Demonstration in Nablus to commemorate International Day of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
Sunday, April 27th, 2008 | Posted in Reports, Nablus Region, PhotosOn Saturday 26th April, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Committee in Nablus organised a demonstration to commemorate the 4th International Day of Solidarity with Political Prisoners. Sponsored by the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club, the Ministry of Prisoners, Palestinian Women’s Union and Palestinian political factions, the demonstration...
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Palestinian, international and Israeli activists reclaim settler outpost
Thursday, April 24th, 2008 | Posted in Reports, Ramallah Region, PhotosOn 24th April, around forty Palestinian, international and Israeli activists occupied a settler outpost within an abandoned military base in the Ramallah region to protest against the illegal construction within Palestinian territory. After aggression from both the Israeli army and armed settlers, two activists, Adeeb Abu Rahme and Neta Golan, were...
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Riad Elsohl Hamad - 1952-2008
Sunday, April 20th, 2008 | Posted in Reports, PhotosPalestinian Children’s Welfare Fund:
Riad Hamad died on April 14, 2008 in Austin, Texas, a victim of drowning in Lady Bird Lake. He was a tireless advocate for Palestinians, and especially women and children living in the occupied West Bank, Gaza and Lebanon. He created the Palestine Children’s Welfare Fund and raised millions...
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Extra-judicial killing by Israeli army in Balata refugee camp, Nablus
Sunday, April 20th, 2008 | Posted in Reports, Nablus Region, PhotosOn Friday 18th April, 21 year old Hani Kabi, wanted by the Israeli army, was assassinated in a family home by Israeli army Special Forces in the refugee camp of Balata in Nablus. At 2am, over twenty Israeli jeeps entered the West Bank’s largest refugee camp, surrounded the neighbourhood of the old mosque in the centre of the camp, and invaded...
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