Israeli Aggression Against the Palestinian People, a July 20, 2008 Report

Israeli occupation forces kidnap two Palestinians in Nablus and Hebron

Date: 20 / 07 / 2008 Time: 09:58
Nablus – Ma'an –

Israeli occupation forces kidnapped a young Palestinian man from Balata refugee camp east of Nablus in the northern West Bank Sunday morning after storming the camp overnight on Saturday.

Palestinian security sources told Ma'an's correspondent that Israeli forces raided the camp overnight and apprehended 19-year-old Rasim Hashash. The young man was taken to an unknown location. Israeli sources confirmed that he was kidnapped.

In the south of the West Bank, Israeli sources said its army arrested one man in Hebron.

Weekly peaceful Protests of the wall continue in Al-Khader

Friday July 18, 2008 18:12 by Doris Norrito - IMEMC News

Close to a hundred Palestinians from the village of Al-Khader located near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem were joined by International peace activists for the weekly prayer and march in protest of the illegal wall Israel is building on village land.

non-violent protesters behind barbed wire

Participants were led in prayer and reminded of the history of the region and the importance of the land for the Palestinian people.

"For generation after generation we have been connected to this land,” the leader said, “and we’ll stay here and march together.

Samer Jaber, spokesman for the activists said the protesters meet each week at a distance of eleven kilometers from the Green Line, a dividing point established in 1949, that separates Israel from Palestine.

As organizers from popular committees for land defense began to march, Israeli soldiers left their truck which had been stationed a few meters from the assembled group.

The soldiers stretched a barrier of coiled barbed wire across the road. “If you cross that barrier,” I will shoot you,” one soldier said.

The construction of the segregation wall stands in violation of article 147of the Fourth Geneva Convention that prohibits destruction and expropriation of properties located in occupied territories not justified by military necessity.

The International Court of Justice at the Hague deemed the Israeli wall illegal in 2004. The protesters left peacefully following the demonstration.

For IMEMC, from occupied Bethlehem, this report was brought to you by Doris Norrito

One injured, dozens suffer tear gas inhalation at Bil'in weekly non-violent protest

Friday July 18, 2008 18:07 by Abdullah Abu Rahmah - IMEMC News

At the close of Friday prayers, the people of Bil'in village ,near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, marched in their weekly protest against the apartheid wall and settlements, joined by international and Israeli activists.

The demonstrators carried banners against the occupation, arrests, killings, closures and incursions against the Palestinians.

The protesters headed towards the gate of the wall and soldiers started firing tear gas and rubber bullets, resulting in the injury of Adeeb Abo Rahmah and dozens affected by the tear gas.

Today there were two delegations, one of European journalists and members from the left parties of the Greek parliament who visited the village and observed the demonstration and were also affected by the tear gas.

On Thursday, the lawyer for the village, Michael Sfard, visited Bil'in and had a meeting with local residents and explained to them the legal status of their legal action in Canada against Canadian companies who are building settlement of Mitatyaho East (the eastern side of Modi’in Illit) on their land.

Sfard also explained the status of the cases pending in the Israeli Supreme Court about the new path of the wall. Resdents of the village have objected strongly to the new path of the Wall, as it cuts through their land and deprives them of their olive groves and farmland, which is their only source of livelihood.

The Israeli army invades Kobar village and Qalandia refugee camp

Friday July 18, 2008 14:13 by Rula Shahwan - IMEMC News

The Israeli army invaded on Friday at dawn Qalandia refugee camp north of Jerusalem city. Soldiers surrounded one of the houses and ransacked it.

Official sources reported that 13 Israeli military vehicles invaded the refugee camp and ransacked the home of Mohammad Emter. Soldiers left the area later on, no kidnappings were reported.

Moreover, official sources reported that 4 Israeli jeeps invaded on Friday at dawn Kobar, village north of central West Bank city of Ramallah, and drove through its neighborhoods.

The Israeli army kidnaps 15 civilians in the West Bank city of Nablus

Friday July 18, 2008 13:31 by Rula Shahwan - IMEMC News

The Israeli army invaded on Friday at dawn the West Bank city of Nablus in several villages kidnapping 15 Palestinians

Local sources reported that a number of Israeli military vehicles invaded the city and centered in Madma and Asira Al Kabaliya village south of the city. Locals reported that the Israeli troops launched a kidnapping campaign and kidnapped 15 civilians

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