Death of Fouad Eid, a Wonderful Activist and a Friend
A few days ago devastating news arrived via Facebook about the violent death of a young guy form Burin called Fouad Eid. I met Fouad in Palestine in October’15 when he coordinated the international presence of ISM/IWPS volunteers in…
Army Steps Up Violence Against Deir Istiya Villagers
Bjork Vilhelmsdottir reporting form Deir Istiya: The Israeli military has taken to the next level threats against the three families living on the outskirts of Deir Istyia village in the Salfit region of the West Bank. At the end of…
IOF Invade Homes, Threaten Families with 9 Children in Deir Istyia
IWPS hometown Deir Istyia, in Salfit district, is an agricultural village of about 4000 inhabitants . The Salfit district has 19 villages and 24 settlements. Land confiscation (http://iwps.info/…/deir-istiya-informed-colonial-land-confi…) is ongoing in the area and many of the settlements are growing,…
Khadoury University in Tulkarm: Studying on a battleground
IWPS, ISM and Michigan Peace Team visited, on 17 November ´15, the campus of Palestine Technical University- Khadoury in Tulkarem. Khadoury was established as an agricultural school in 1930. Nowadays it is offering education to 7.000 students in Industrial Engineering, Civil…
Kfer Dik- Violent Early Morning Raid
In the early hours of this morning (19 November 2015) over one hundred Israeli soldiers invaded Kafr Ad-Dik village in the Salfit region of the West Bank. They split into groups, raiding and vandalizing 15 houses in the As-Suqqiya area…
Kafr Qaddum – Olives, demos and collective punishment
6 November 2015 The village of Kafr Qaddum in the district of Nablus is particularly badly affected by the Israeli occupation and its apartheid system. The illegal Israeli settlement of Qedumin was established nearby in 1974 and its more recent…
Kfer Qaddum November 6 2015
A teen injured by a live fire in Kafr Qaddoum On Friday November 6, after midday prayers an 18 year old was shot in the thigh with live ammunition by an Israeli sniper on during the weekly protest . The…
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…
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…
Army Incursion: Kafr ad Dik
International Women’s Peace Service (IWPS) Deir Istiya, Salfit Telephone: 09 251 46 44 Human Rights Report No. 436 Human Rights Summary: Army Incursion Date of incidents: October 12, 2015 Place: Kafr ad Dik, Salfit, oPt Witnesses: Residents of Kafr ad Dik Contact details: IWPS withholds this information as a courtesy to those involved. However, we will do our best to furnish you with the information you may require, on request. Description of Incidents: At around 21:00…
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…
Tear Gas and Sound Grenades
I understand that desensitization is a process. It, in many cases, is an inevitability, especially when your emotional understanding of existence lies within brutal framework.
Three Martyrs in Qalandiya #48kmarch As Thousands Protest for Gaza
The aim was to pray, in Jerusalem, for the people of Gaza murdered in Israel’s current genocidal attack on the Strip. Estimates of people taking part in the protest vary from 10,000 to 30,000+.
Huwara mourns the loss of Martyr Alaa Mohammad Odeh
Martyr Alaa Mohammad Odeh was buried in his hometown of Huwara today, after he was brutally killed by Israeli soldiers on Monday night.
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