Archive for the 'Salfit Region' Category

IWPS: Palestinian banker detained

Tuesday, May 15th, 2007 | Posted in Reports, Salfit Region, Photos

Young Haris banker detained
by Beth, IWPS, 13 May 2007

When a young Ramallah bank employee returned home to Haris shortly after midnight on May 13, 2007, he was confronted by soldiers who suggested he was driving a stolen car and carrying stolen money. He...

Read more

Resisting the Wall, Commemorating the Catastrophe

Sunday, May 13th, 2007 | Posted in Press Releases, Salfit Region

Resisting the Wall, Commemorating the Catastrophe
by the ISM Media Crew, 13 May 2007

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
13 May 2007

Salfit, West Bank– Tomorrow, Palestinians will be joined by international and Israeli solidarity activists in the Salfit to protest Israel’s confiscation of land and...

Read more

59 Years Ago: Deir Yassin

Tuesday, May 1st, 2007 | Posted in Journals, Salfit Region, Photos

Remembering Deir Yassin
by Anna Baltzer, 1 May 2007

Photo: Anna
Um El Fahim town in present-day Israel, home to 48,000 Palestinian...

Read more

Prelude to the Third Intifada?

Monday, April 30th, 2007 | Posted in Journals, Salfit Region

Prelude to the Third Intifada?
by Anna Baltzer, 30 April 2007

Atara Checkpoint in April
Atara...

Read more

Sewage Tsunami & Strangulation in Gaza

Saturday, April 7th, 2007 | Posted in Reports, Salfit Region

Sewage Tsunami & Strangulation in Gaza
by Anna Baltzer, 6 April 2007

One week ago, the walls of an overused cesspool in northern Gaza collapsed, flooding a nearby Bedouin village with up to two meters of raw sewage. At least five people drowned to death,...

Read more

Economic Embargo in Palestine leads to death of 19 year old dialysis patient

Saturday, April 7th, 2007 | Posted in Press Releases, Reports, Salfit Region

19-year-old girl dies when hospital runs out of dialysis solution due to ongoing economic embargo
from IWPS, 7 April 2007

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

On March 1st, 2007, a 19-year-old girl named Olfat with kidney problems from Qira village, died after her...

Read more

Tragic, but not enough to mention

Saturday, April 7th, 2007 | Posted in Reports, Salfit Region

The Untold Stories: Tragic, but Not Enough to Mention
by Anna in Palestine

Two to fourteen-year-old girls in their living room where they were detained with their<a href='http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/2007/04/07/tragic-but-not-enough/'>...</a><br><br><a href='http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/2007/04/07/tragic-but-not-enough/'>Read more</a>				</div>
			</div>
	
				<div class=

IWPS: For 7 hours, Israeli soliders resfuse to return Palestinian ID cards

Sunday, April 1st, 2007 | Posted in Press Releases, Reports, Salfit Region

Soldiers refuse to return ID cards after detaining three young men
for over seven hours following Land Day demonstration

by Gemma and Nova, IWPS, 1 April 2007

On March 30, 2007, three young men from the village of Rafat were arrested by the Israeli Forces following...

Read more

On Land Day, 3 Palestinians Arrested in Village of Rafat

Friday, March 30th, 2007 | Posted in Press Releases, Salfit Region

On Land Day, 3 Palestinians Arrested in Village of Rafat
from IWPS, March 30

Update, March 31
The three men were released around 10pm last night, with no reports of abuse by the boys while in Israeli custody.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

RAFAT,...

Read more

IOF invasions into Marda village

Sunday, February 18th, 2007 | Posted in Reports, Salfit Region

from a report by IWPS,

On Wednesday 14th February at 6.30 pm, IOF jeeps invaded Marda village in Salfit region and stopped in front of the mosque. At 7.00 pm, IOF soldiers approached two young men and took their identification cards. It was reported that the IOF...

Read more


.