Following recent waves of arrests in the village of Nabi Saleh, residents, accompanied by solidarity activists, confronted the Israeli military in a show of defiance. Currently, 21 of the village’s young men and teens are in Ofer military prison, interrogated by the Israeli security services while awaiting trial. Most were arrested at home, in pre-dawn…
With dozens of Palestinians killed in the past months by Israeli forces, villagers in Nabi Saleh confronted the IDF to protest this wave of brutality, in addition to continued land confiscations and construction of Jewish-only settlements. Israel, on its part, has attempted to squash these weekly protest through a wave of arrests. In the last…
Today I received the verdict in a lawsuit filed for me by my attorney, Renen Ziv, against Honenu for copyright violations. Honenu, according to the NGO website, provides legal services to “Soldiers and civilians who find themselves in legal entanglements due to defending themselves against Arab aggression, or due to their love for Israel”. According…
Villagers in Nabi Saleh confronted the Israeli army in a show of defiance, standing up for al-Aqsa and for the political prisoners. This past week, five of the village’s youth were arrested at dawn by the IDF and taken to Ofer detention centre, where the military court remanded them until next Tuesday. The Israeli army…
With tension on the rise, as is Israeli violence against Palestinians, villagers from Bil’in confronted the IDF today near the separation wall which was built on their agricultural lands. Soldiers dispersed the demonstrators with barrages of tear gas. No major injuries reported. …
Following a week of escalated Israeli violence against Palestinians and the repeated incursions of al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, residents and Nabi Saleh confronted the Israeli army, protesting the occupation, land expropriations and mass detentions. The Israeli army attempted to disperse marchers using tear gas canisters, rubber coated steel bullets and stun grenades. No major injuries…
Residents of Nabi Saleh took to the street Sunday night to protest recent escalation of Israeli violence against Palestinians. In the past three days, four Palestinian teens have been shot dead by the Israeli army and police forces, as hundreds more injured in clashes. This comes at the heels of months of progressive escalation of…
Residents of Nabi Saleh and solidarity activists staged the weekly march towards the al-Qaws spring, which was expropriated by the settlers from nearby Halamish in 2009. This weekly demonstrations began after the settlers took over the spring and adjoining lands owned by Nabi Saleh and Deir Nizam, renamed the site “Maayan Meir” and with the…
A group of social housing activists travelled to Amikam, a small Israeli settlement. Among them were mothers and children eligible for housing that are still on the waiting list. After police attempted to turn them back, the activists, determined to reach their destination, the home of Yoav Galant, housing minister, the activists marched to the…
This Friday, Palestinians called for hoisting the national flag, as a symbol of steadfastness and resistance to the ongoing Israeli occupation. In addition, Palestinians expressed their rage over the killing of the Dawabsheh family of Duma – Sa’d, baby Ali and Riham, who passed away earlier this week – and call on the Israeli authorities…
