No Support From the Second Floor
No Support from Second Floor Hani and Munira Amer still live with 2 of their as yet unmarried children in the home they made for their family in Mas’ha after being driven off their ancestral in al Nakba. They lived…
Chronicals of Palestine: Black October
Black chronicles of Palestine, October 2015 Day in day out the news is of the murder and injury of unarmed Palestinians, many of them children, on the streets of the occupied Palestinian towns and villages. A monstrous scenario has been developed…
Israeli Soldiers and Ytzhar Illegal Settlement Prevent Urif Olive Harvest
Urif families were informed that they were to have a permit to pick olives on 26th and 27th October ´15 on their land in zone B bordering but alongside zone C. Four families arrived at about 8am on 26th and…
Friday Demonstration: Kafr Qaddum, 23 October ´15
IWPS participated in this Friday´s demonstration in Kafr Qaddum. Israeli army began firing tear gas soon after the protest march started and much of it was directed on the nearby houses, which is a usual collective punishment measure employed by…
Hares Man Beaten and Tortured
International Women’s Peace Service (IWPS) Deir Istiya, Salfit Telephone: 09 251 46 44 Website: http://iwps.info Human Rights Report No.481 Human Rights Summary: A 33 year old man kidnapped by IOF while picking olives on his land Date of incidents: October 16, 2015 Place: Hares, Salfit, oPt Witnesses: His…
Kufr Qaddum: A Friday Photo Essay
Please note that these are pictures and write up from Oct 3 2015 Demonstration in Kufr Qaddum: Some of these photos and the write up was posted to our facebook page but didn’t make it onto our website. Please visit us…
A Critical Juncture Reached in the Jordan Valley
This would be the second time Hassan’s home was demolished- a home where he lived with his children until a recent morning when he witnessed two bulldozers, ten jeeps and around fifty Israeli occupation soldiers approaching.
Two Stories. Two Camps. Balata and Askar
“All three times the Israeli soldiers raided our home, it was on a Wednesday. Now my children, my husband and I get no sleep on Wednesday nights. We are up all night waiting for them to come back.”
Israeli Occupation Forces Teargas, Stun Grenade and Fire Projectiles on Demonstrators in Tulkarm
Palestinian activists and supporters along with students from the nearby Palestinian Technical University, Kadoorie of the village Tulkarm, a Palestinian city in the occupied northwestern West Bank, marched along the steel and stone wall surrounding the Israeli chemical factory, Geshuri, just one…
Photo Essay: Stone Against An Army (Ofer, Ramallah)
Every week, local youth confront the world’s fourth mightiest army near Ofer prison compound in Ramallah, occupied Palestine.
Palestinian Shepherds Beaten and Arrested as Israeli Occupation Forces Stun Grenade Their Sheep
As he speaks, the cut under Islam’s eye is clearly visible. From his quiet and kind demeanor it is impossible to tell, other than this injury on his left cheekbone, that less than 48 hours prior, he and his cousin…
Palestinian Prisoners Day Demonstrations Outside Ofer Military Prison Explode in Violence
Demonstrations held on April 16th and 17th to mark Palestinian Prisoners Day outside of the Ofer Israeli Military Prison, in the occupied West Bank, exploded in violence as occupation forces and border police fired live ammunition into the crowd of…
Demolition Orders, Water Shortage and Harassment: An Update on Bruqin
“My son is sick. Within one year, they arrested him three times. During one arrest, they shackled him as he shook and cried…. he was terrified.”
Land Day Commemoration in Salfit; 100 Olive Trees Planted
Joining the crowd of farmers and their families were several mayors from surrounding villages, including Amel Kukush Abu-Hiljeh, the mayor of Deir Istiya and Mayor Deek of Salfit along with representatives of the Palestinian Authority.
Peaceful Land Day March in Huwara Explodes in Violence as Unprovoked Occupation Forces Attack
In Huwara, nearly 200 gathered to plant olive tree saplings, hear speakers and to hold a peaceful Land Day march when suddenly, unprovoked Occupation Forces and Israeli Border Police began to rapid fire 45 stun grenades and numerous tear gas bombs indiscriminately into the gathered crowd which included children and the elderly.
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