Israeli army arrests activists in West Bank

Eleven people detained after clashes erupt during protest against building of separation barrier in village of Walaja. Last Modified: 10 Aug 2011 19:28 Those arrested included Palestinian, Israeli and international activists protesting against the construction of a barrier Israeli army troops have arrested 11 people after clashes erupted during a demonstration in Walaja, a village [...]


Longest held administrative detainee arrested again

[ 11/08/2011 - 12:50 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– The longest held Palestinian prisoner in administrative detention Ayed Dudin, 44, has once again been arrested just 40 days after being released. Prior to the incident, Dudin had been kept in administrative detention without an indictment for four years. He is considered the first case observed by [...]


IOF arrests Al-Jazeera correspondent Samer Allawi, 5 Palestinians in Al-Khalil

[ 10/08/2011 - 10:59 AM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) detained Samer Allawi, Al-Jazeera TV network’s correspondent in Afghanistan, while leaving the West Bank en route to Jordan. Well informed local sources said that Allawi, who was travelling from his home village of Sabastiya, was detained at Al-Karame Bridge between the West Bank [...]


Report: 6 Palestinians killed, 250 others arrested in July

[ 01/08/2011 - 12:40 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– The International Solidarity Foundation for Human Rights in Nablus has issued a report detailing the murders, arrests, and raids that Israeli occupation forces carried out in the occupied Palestinian territories in July 2011. The figures presented are in addition to the attacks by the state and Jewish [...]


Many arrested in West Bank sweep

[ 01/08/2011 - 01:58 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces arrested Monday morning brothers Badr, 25, and Khalid, 21, Abu Namous, from the Ein Beit al-Maa refugee camp in western Nablus, in an arrest sweep in the occupied West Bank. Witnesses said a massive Israeli military force invaded several areas in the camp. The [...]


6 activists arrested near Bethlehem

Published today 20:12 JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israeli border guards detained six protesters Monday in the occupied West Bank, activists said. The six demonstrators — three Israelis, one Palestinian, and two from abroad — were accused of throwing stones. The activists were protesting land confiscation to make room for Israel’s wall in the Walaja village northwest [...]


Three more arrested in West Bank political persecution

31/07/2011 – 09:56 AM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– Two Najah University students as well as the wife of a West Bank political prisoner were arrested on Saturday as Palestinian Authority security agencies continue to politically persecute Hamas supporters in the West Bank. The students, Ala Saud Taha, 26, and Mohammed Jamal Khatir, 26, had previously declared [...]


Two Palestinians arrested for working in Jerusalem

[ 30/07/2011 - 09:01 AM ] BETHLEHEM, (PIC)– Israeli police have detained two Palestinian men in a crackdown on Palestinian workers in Israel and occupied Jerusalem. Locals identified those men as Ahmed Adel Hajajira, 19, from Ayeda refugee camp and Mohammed Ibrahim Hajajira, from al-Deheisha refugee camp. They were taken from their work place in [...]


Qassam Fighter Dies in Tunnel Coll, collapse in Gaza; 16 Arrested Including Hamas Leader in West Bank

PNN – Palestine News Network -21.07.11 – 12:40 Gaza/Ramallah – PNN – A fighter with the Qassam brigades, the military wing of Hamas, died Thursday, after a tunnel used to smuggle goods from Egypt collapsed on him. PNN Archives Mohammed Rezq Juneid, 25, was from Jabalya in the northern Gaza strip, according to reports. Meanwhile, [...]


Interrogation Israeli Style | Personal Testimony–Arrested and Beaten yet Palestinians Remain in Prison

20 July 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Today, Friday 15 of July, the Israeli army violently repressed the weekly non-violent demonstration of the Palestinian city of Nabi Saleh. During the repeated attacks on the peaceful demonstrators four activists were arrested: two Palestinians, one Italian and one Israeli.  The following is the testimony of the [...]


#Airflotilla | ‪Gaza ‘Flytilla’ activists arrested for chanting ‘Free Palestine’ in Tel Aviv airport‬‏ – video

RT crew filmed the arrest of pro-Gaza activists, who were detained for chanting “Free Palestine”. Police in Israel detained several activists who arrived at Tel Aviv’s international airport on Friday to show their support for activists arriving from abroad to take part in pro-Palestinian demonstrations. The arrested protesters arrived in Tel Aviv from elsewhere in [...]


#Flotilla2 | Hunt for ship’s captain as Canadians linked to Gaza flotilla arrested

  Published On Tue Jul 05 2011|  thestar.com Delegates from Canada, Australia, Belgium, Denmark and Turkey meet with lawyers Tuesday aboard the Tahrir, the Canadian boat participating in Freedom Flotilla II to Gaza. TORONTO STAR/JIM RANKIN Jim Rankin Staff Reporter AGIOS NIKOLAOS, GREECE—Canadians and others aboard the Tahrir — the Canadian boat impounded after making [...]


Why was Salah muzzled for preaching peace in London?

Jonathan Cook |The Electronic Intifada 5 July 2011 Sheikh Raed Salah at a Jerusalem court in 2007. (Anat Zakai /Maan Images ) He is an Islamic “preacher of hate” whose views reflect “virulent anti-Semitism” and who has funded Hamas terror operations, according to much of the British media. The furor last week over Sheikh Raed Salah, described by [...]


The Tahrir, Canada’s boat to Gaza: Two arrested, other activists remain on board to avoid arrest

  By Cathryn Atkinson |  July 4, 2011 | Rabble.ca Canadian activist Dylan Penner describes what has happened to The Tahrir, its crew, and international activists since it made a dash to leave Greece early Monday.  Cathryn Atkinson: Where are you? Dylan Penner: At port. I am below deck. The Tahrir has been damaged by [...]


Israel continues to hold missile victim arrested at border

[ 29/06/2011 - 02:39 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Israel continues to hold Ayyub Atallah, 18, from the Gaza Strip, who has suffered extreme health complications after he was hit with shrapnel three years ago, the Gaza Prisoners’ Affairs Ministry said Tuesday. Atallah was arrested on 26 June 2011 on the Beit Hanoun crossing while returning [...]