Military Violence

Soldiers Carry out Violent Arrests at Gunpoint in Nabi Saleh

Five Palestinians were arrested in Nabi Saleh today, as soldiers stormed village houses without warrants.

The Problem is the Israeli Occupation: an Nabi Saleh

A Stanford academic of middle eastern history visits the weekly unarmed demonstration in an Nabi Saleh and finds that the problem with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the Israeli occupation.

IDF concerned over 'Fayyad intifada'

Published by:

Hanan Greenberg, Ynet


Apr 14, 2010

Army says escalation in West Bank violence unacceptable, taking measures to contain demonstrations against security barrier. 'A stone can be deadly,' senior IDF officer says

West Bank Rises Up in a New 'White' Intifada

Published by:

Donald Macintyre,
The Independent


Mar 12, 2010

As Israel cracks down harshly on unarmed protesters, Donald Macintyre meets one Palestinian family whose teenage son has paid a heavy price.

Injured Nabi Saleh Boy Comatose

Ehab Afdal Barghouthi under went surgery in the Ramallah hospital but remains comatose.

Border Police Critically Injures 14 Year Old in Nabi Saleh Demonstration

The 14 year old boy was critically injured during a demonstration in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh against creeping land grab by the adjacent Jewish-only settlement of Halamish.

See here for an update on his medical condition

Palestinian Organizer Assaulted at an Israeli Checkpoint

Mahmoud Zwahre, a prominent member of the alMaasara Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements, was brutally assaulted at the Israeli Container Checkpoint near Bethlehem this morning. Zwahre was on his way to a Ramallah meeting when his car was stopped. He was held for nearly two hours, during which he was kicked, punched AND beaten using a rifle butt.

Under Repression

Report on Israeli violations of the civil and political rights of members the popular struggle movement in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

Policy Paper. September 2010

Executive Summery
Introduction
The popular struggle against the Occupation
The civil and Political rights of the protesters
Key findings

Click here to download the report as a PDF

 

Rachel Corrie's family bring civil suit over human shield's death in Gaza

Published by:

Rory McCarthy, The Guardian


Feb 23, 2010

Parents want case to highlight events that led to American activist's death under Israeli army bulldozer

Israel police not charged over activist shooting

Published by:

BBC


Feb 01, 2010

Charges will not be brought against the police officers who shot an American pro-Palestinian activist in the face, Israel's justice ministry has said.