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
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

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

by the ISM media team, February 13th

In recent months Occupation authorities have escalated their policy of issuing fines to Palestinian drivers at certain checkpoints without reason. At Za’atara checkpoint near Salfit today, as well as preventing...

Read more

from reports by IWPS,

At about 2.30am in the morning of December 30th, villagers of Kufr ‘Ein , who live near to the mosque, were awakened by sound bombs and the sound of live shots being fired into the air. At this moment there was no electricity in the village. Israeli Occupation Force...

Read more

The other day as we were travelling through Zatara checkpoint between Ramallah and Nablus, I witnessed a particularly disgusting display of power by the Israeli army. An extremely public humiliation of a woman, who was taken out of a shared taxi and had her ID and phone removed. She was fighting back the tears, trying to retain her dignity, but...

Read more

by International Women’s Peace Service

Around 10:30p.m. on Thursday 28th September 2006 the Israeli army entered the village of Marda with at least seven armoured vehicles, including jeeps, hummers and a truck. IWPS volunteers present in the village witnessed...

Read more

Israel continues building a mammoth barrier in the name of border security. Opponents charge that it’s carving more land for Jewish settlements — and assaulting Palestinians’ human rights.

by Rachel Shabi, Salon.com

Sept....

Read more