Palestine Solidarity Project

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 … Read more

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 … Read more

At 1 am Tuesday morning, massive numbers of Israeli Occupation soldiers, carrying notebooks with names and photographs of youth, raided several homes in Beit Ommar, arresting 16. Residents reported that the soldiers appeared to be trying to “strike terror in the hearts” of men, women and children as they … Read more

On November 9th at approximately 10pm Israeli Occupation Forces along with members of the Israeli intelligence services (”Shabak”) invaded the home of Mohammed Abu Maria (known as Hamuda), a long-time member and coordinator of Palestine Solidarity Project. He was not at home though his wife and three small children … Read more

After technical difficulties for the last month, our website is (finally!) back online. Please take a moment to read the following 5 reports from the month of October and beginning of November, particularly the report dated October 11 which recounts the two-day invasion of Beit Ommar. A video … Read more

Day 1

At 4 am yesterday morning more than 50 Israeli soldiers entered Beit Ommar and took over two homes inside the village. Soldiers built sniper posts, filled one home’s windows with sandbags, and raised Israeli flags over both homes inside the village. They then erected a roadblock on … Read more

Local residents can’t help but think that Israeli Occupation Forces are trying to provoke a fight with youth, as yet another evening passes with the sounds of explosions and live ammunition in the air. IOF soldiers, for the past week, have entered Beit Ommar in the late afternoon, often … Read more

For the full report, including a video of Karmei Tsur settlement (Near Beit Ommar), click here

For years, Israeli authorities have both barred Palestinian access to rings of land surrounding settlements, and have not acted to eliminate settlers’ piratical closing of lands adjacent to settlements and blocking of Palestinian access … Read more

This Sunday, August 17, Palestine Solidarity Project, in conjunction with the city council of Beit Ommar, hosted Beit Ommar’s fiirst ever conference on The Wall and Settlement Expansion. More than 130 people, mostly local farmers who were the intended audience, came to listen to guest speaker Dr. Moustafa Barghouthi, … Read more

After a long day in the Israeli Supreme Court, 3 judges decided that Mousa Abu Maria, co-founder of Palestine Solidarity Project, would remain in administrative detention and that no review of the secret evidence against him was required. The court refused to … Read more