International Solidarity Movement | October 9, 2015 Burin, Occupied Palestine – This Friday morning, at approximately 10:30 am, a group of 6 soldiers came down the mountain from the illegal Israeli settlement, Arousa, in the village of Burin, to prevent the family of Ahmad Mustafa Najjar from picking their olives. Israeli soldiers prevent Ahmad’s family from picking […]
International Solidarity Movement | October 8, 2015 Al-Khalil/Hebron, occupied Palestine – Yesterday night, October 7th 2015, a large group of settlers harassed, insulted and physically assaulted Palestinian residents and internationals in the Tel Rumeida neighbourhood of occupied al-Khalil (Hebron), injuring several. Around 08:00 pm, more than 50 settlers from the illegal settlements within al-Khalil, most […]
International Solidarity Movement | October 5, 2015 West Bank, occupied Palestine – Abed al-Rahman Shadi Obeidallah, 12 was still in his school uniform when he was rushed in a civilian car to Beit Jala hospital from Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem today. The boy, from from a Al Kahder village, was shot in the heart during […]
Palestinians displaced by Israeli strikes wait to get water from portable tanks near a makeshift encampment behind Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital, July 26, 2014. (Joe Catron) By Joe Catron | Mint Press News | September 29, 2015 UNITED NATIONS — Israeli restrictions on Palestinian water use, as well as damage to water supplies and infrastructure by […]
International Solidarity Movement | September 30, 2015 Hebron, occupied Palestine – On the second day of the Jewish Sukkot holiday, hundreds of settlers continued filing into al-Khalil (Hebron) creating mass restrictions and sharp escalations in violence against Palestinians living here. Over a period of two hours dozens of them continuously invaded the roof of the […]
Ma’an – September 30, 2015 Dozens of Israeli settlers raided a park and ancient pool in the Palestinian town of al-Karmil in the southern occupied West Bank on Wednesday, under the armed protection of Israeli forces, witnesses said. The park, part of the Yatta Municipality in the south Hebron hills, lies in Area A, under […]
By Stephen Lendman | September 22, 2015 Israel intends imprisoning Palestinian youths and children up to 20 years for stone-throwing. Nonviolent protesters are brutally attacked. Soldiers routinely murder Palestinians unaccountably. Police now may use live fire indiscriminately, justifying it by inventing pretexts. Settlers commit near-daily violence and/or vandalism with impunity. Investigations when conducted are whitewashed. […]
A photo of the incident shows an Israeli soldier aiming at the woman. (Youth Against Settlements) Ma’an – September 22, 2015 BETHLEHEM – A Palestinian teenager shot by Israeli forces at a checkpoint in Hebron died from her injuries on Tuesday, Israeli medical sources said. The teenager, identified as 18-year-old Hadeel al-Hashlamon, was shot three […]
By Jan Selby | MEMO | September 17, 2015 In February this year, the new Palestinian town of Rawabi at last managed to secure a water supply, after several years of acrimonious negotiations with the Israeli and Palestinian authorities. With the greatest obstacle to populating Rawabi overcome, the first 200 families of this planned “shining […]
Ma’an – September 12, 2015 JERUSALEM – An Israeli settler attacked an 8-year-old Palestinian boy late on Friday in the Batn al-Hawa area of Silwan — a neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem — leading to clashes in the area, a local monitoring group told Ma’an. The Wadi Hilweh Information Center, located in Silwan, said 8-year-old […]
