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Israeli army harasses press crew, beats a B’Tselem female volunteer, and lies to foreign media

Yesterday was another violent Friday in the village of Nabi Saleh as the weekly protests against settlement expansion continues. As always, the demonstration was met with tear gas, disgusting skunk chemicals and rubber-coated metal bullets. Disregarding cases of suffocation, 20 injuries were reported.

"We will rebuild": Hebron family resists unrelenting settler violence

Emily Lawrence
Hebron
3 February 2012

Despite chronic attacks on their homes and property by settlers, while Israeli forces continue to confiscate more and more land to serve the nearby settlement, the Jaber family hold fast to both their heritage and their future.

Hebron woman goes on hunger strike over settler attacks

Mya Guarnieri
Hebron
23 January 2012

Settler violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank has risen 40 percent since 2010, and 165 percent since 2009, according to the UN. Protesting a wave of settler attacks on her home and property, one elderly Palestinian woman in Hebron went on hunger strike.

"Sometimes I feel my stomach will explode": Israel subjects teen prisoner to medical negligence

Emily Lawrence
Beit Ommar
5 January 2012

A Palestinian teenager describes the physical and psychological torture he endured while imprisoned in an Israeli jail for throwing stones, and how his chronic illness went untreated in what his family say was a deliberate attempt by the prison authorities as further punishment.

West Bank village steps up protests against Israel's theft of land

Ben Lorber
13 December 2011

Palestinians in the northern West Bank village of Kufr Qaddoum have been holding regular protests against the Israeli occupation and settlement encroachment.

Tristan Anderson civil suit delayed as new evidence emerges

Charlotte Silver
3 December 2011

A civil suit filed by the family of Tristan Anderson, a US activist seriously injured by the Israeli army during a protest, has been delayed due to the revelation of new material evidence.

Israel arrests "Freedom Riders" challenging apartheid road system

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
Jerusalem
15 November 2011

Several activists were arrested by Israeli forces today while attempting to ride segregated buses serving illegal Israeli settlements.

Arrested for Standing By and Filming

Before I start, it is worthy to note that the following two incidents took place only in the last three days. The following is just another example of life under Israeli occupation.

What Press Freedom?

Medical treatment delayed for hours after army shoots boy in the eye

Brendan Work
8 November 2011

Ahed Wahdan, who recently turned 15, lost his right eye when he was shot in the face by a high-speed tear gas canister fired by an Israeli soldier.

Israel plans expulsion of some 60,000 Bedouin Palestinians

In the de facto one state that exists between the Mediterranean Sea and Jordan River, Israeli authorities are currently planning mass expulsions of around 60,000 Palestinians, specifically in order to free up more territory for Jewish settlement.

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