After a day of spontaneous demonstrating against Israeli Occupation Forces, Israeli soldiers surreptitiously entered Beit Ommar at after midnight early Monday morning, invading several houses and arresting two people. The two men, Issa Mohammed Issa Awad, 20, and Yousef Ali Musleh Awad, 21, are university students. They were taken from their beds in a quick invasion which left family members upset and afraid. Their current location is unknown. In a separate incident last night in Beit Ommar, Yousef Nasri Rashid Sabarneh, son of the mayor of Beit Ommar, was accosted by Israeli soldiers at the entrance to the village on the way home from visiting Betlehem. Yousef was then viciously attacked and beaten by Israeli … Continue reading

On Saturday, December 27, just hours after missile strikes on the Gaza Strip began, demonstrations broke out throughout Israeli and Palestinian cities and towns. In Hebron, dozens were injured, including 1 international solidarity activist, when Israeli soldiers began firing into the crowds who had gathered near the Ibrahimi Mosque (Abraham’s Tomb) with tear gas canisters and rubber-coated steel bullets. Hundreds of people flooded the streets in Nablus in a spontaneous demonstration where local leaders called for Palestinian unity in the face of the on-going massacre. In Tel Aviv, nearly 1,000 people from several Israeli cities gathered in the center of town and, despite an order from the … Continue reading

Beginning two days ago without warning, an unprecedented series of attacks on police stations throughout the entire Gaza strip have left at least 300 dead and more than 1000 wounded, according to emergency health officials. The United Nations has reported that 9 of its employees have been killed, and others are reporting that 5% of those dead are children. Over night on Sunday Israeli missiles hit the largest University in Gaza City.

This attack comes after more than a year of strangulating sanctions on the Strip, which has left hospitals without basic materials or medicines to treat the mass-casualties.

THESE ARE ATTACKS ON CIVILIANS. Police officers and internal security personnel are not military targets. Over 50 of … Continue reading