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25 July 2014
Hasehm Abu Maria, father of three, was shot by an Israeli sniper during a Gaza solidarity protest in Beit Ommar near Hebron. Read more about Human rights defender among three Palestinians killed by live fire in West Bank village
25 July 2014
An Israeli sniper killed Mohammad al-Araj on his seventeenth birthday. Read more about Nine Palestinians killed in protests across West Bank
26 April 2013
Mousa Abu Maria talks about the Israeli army’s expanding arrests and detentions of children from Beit Ommar. Read more about Podcast: Youth in West Bank village under constant attacks by Israeli army, settlers
3 July 2012
A committee of the Presbyterian Church (USA)’s General Assembly voted overwhelmingly in favor of an upcoming divestment initiative that could pull the church’s funds from three major US companies. Read more about Committee of Presbyterian Church (USA) votes in favor of divestment; now heads for final vote
5 April 2012
A new report by Defense for Children International - Palestine section highlights the Israeli military’s routine arrests and detentions of children specifically in the village of Beit Ommar. Read more about Report on routine detention of children in Beit Ommar
9 February 2012
Popular resistance leader Mousa Abu Maria shared an Israeli prison cell with Khader Adnan, now completing his 55th day of hunger strike. Abu Maria recalls Adnan’s leadership in organizing and educating prisoners in this interview for The Electronic Intifada. Read more about Interview: Ex-prisoner reflects on friendship with Khader Adnan and his hunger strike for justice
31 January 2012
During a demonstration on Tuesday to demand justice for the killing of 17-year-old Yousef Ikhlayl by Israeli settlers last year in Beit Ommar, Israeli soldiers beat protesters with clubs and attacked the crowd with sound bombs and tear gas. Read more about Protesters attacked, injured during commemoration for Palestinian teen murdered by Israeli settlers
27 January 2012
One year after a 17-year-old Palestinian boy was shot and killed by Israeli settlers as he farmed with his father in his West Bank village, his killers remain unpunished. Read more about Demanding justice for Yousef, a quiet boy killed by Israeli settlers
Beit Ommar 19 September 2011
The West Bank village of Beit Ommar is encircled by no less than five illegal settlements. Water is regularly cut off and private wells are illegal. Meanwhile, in the settlements, swimming pools and fountains are de rigeur. Read more about Repression and resistance sharpening in Beit Ommar
2 July 2011
Following a weekly demonstration in the West Bank village of Beit Ommar, Palestinian popular committee member and local resident Yousef Abu Maria was brutally beaten, detained and later dumped on the side of the road by Israeli soldiers today. Read more about Palestinian activist beaten, dumped on road by Israeli soldiers in Beit Ommar