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Israeli Checkpoints
‘They Want Us Dead before They Open the Gate’: Injured Baby at Qalandiya
By Tamar Fleishman While I was standing at the Qalandiya military checkpoint, I saw a private car that had been waiting for a long time. Since it was strange to see a private vehicle in […]
Caught 51 Times, 11 Years in Prison: How Raed Became Guilty for Being Palestinian
By Tamar Fleishman I sat with Raed in the shade of the wall. Though the wall is often referred to as the “Separation Barrier”, it is, in actuality, the Israeli apartheid wall. Raed is married, […]
Palestinian Man Dies of Wounds Sustained by Israeli Gunfire near Nablus
Hussein Kawarik, a 60-year-old Palestinian man who was injured by Israeli gunfire last Tuesday, succumbed to his wounds on Friday night, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Khaled, Kawarik’s brother, told WAFA that his […]
Two Palestinian Workers Shot, Injured by Israeli forces at West Bank Checkpoint
Israeli troops shot and injured two Palestinian workers on Monday, at a military checkpoint near Hebron (Al-Khalil), the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Palestinian security sources told WAFA that Israeli soldiers opened fire at […]
Israeli Forces Shoot, Injure Palestinian Man near Jericho
A Palestinian youth was shot and injured on Sunday by Israeli military gunfire at an Israeli military checkpoint near Jericho city, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Hassan Mleihat, the general supervisor of al-Baydar Organization […]
Stories from Qalandiya: Where All the Troubles of the World Converge
By Tamar Fleishman I was going home after spending a long time on the Palestinian side of the Israeli Qalandiya military checkpoint. I had filled my basket with fresh seasonal fruits after taking pictures near […]
Stories from Qalandiya: ‘I Only Follow Rules’
By Tamar Fleishman This is the story of a Palestinian father, who is not allowed to be with his ill son, sit by his bed, or hold his hand as he takes his last breath, […]
Stories from Qalandiya: A Miniature Jesus at a Military Checkpoint
By Tamar Fleishman What do you call it, when bureaucracy takes precedence over a person’s health and human life is not a priority anymore? I don’t know how to define a situation when a baby, […]
Israeli Soldiers Undress Palestinian Toddler for Wearing T-shirt with Gun Drawing
Israeli soldiers stationed at the Tura military checkpoint to the southwest of Jenin, in the northern occupied West Bank, forced a Palestinian mother to undress her three-year-old child because he was wearing a T-shirt with […]
WATCH: Israeli Forces Shoot Palestinian Man near Nablus
A Palestinian man was injured on Tuesday after he was shot by Israeli gunfire near the military checkpoint of Huwara, near the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. […]
‘Take Photos’: Orwellian Scenes at the Qalandiya Checkpoint (PHOTOS)
By Tamar Fleishman ‘Take photos!’, young Palestinian men urged me while they were being chased by Israeli soldiers. The youth were hoping to cross the Israeli checkpoint to reach Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem to pray […]
Israel to Station Reserve Battalions along Apartheid Wall
Six Israeli reserve battalions will be stationed along the illegal Apartheid Wall that isolates the occupied West Bank from Israel, the military announced on Wednesday. The decision to call up reserve battalions in replacement of […]
Facial Recognition and the Right to Worship in Qalandiya (PHOTOS)
By Tamar Fleishman Thousands of Palestinians, women, men and children, crowded at the Qalandiya checkpoint entrances on the third Friday of Ramadan, many of them hoping to gain access to pray at Al-Aqsa Mosque. Armed […]
WATCH: Israeli Soldiers Kill Palestinian Woman near Bethlehem
Israeli forces killed a Palestinian woman on Sunday, as she was crossing an Israeli military checkpoint near the village of Husan, to the west of the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem, the official Palestinian […]
Israeli Forces Block Major Military Checkpoints in Northern West Bank
Israeli forces Tuesday night blocked major checkpoints in the northern West Bank district of Tulkarm, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Local sources confirmed that Israeli forces closed the Shufa checkpoint, which was installed […]
The Very Gray Zone: A Palestinian Woman in Israel’s Labyrinth (PHOTOS)
By Tamar Fleishman Amidst haze and dust rising, a Palestinian woman waited inside an ambulance for the arrival of another ambulance from Jerusalem. I do not know which kind of illness the woman had, but […]
Meanwhile in Palestine: On the Politics of Life and Death
By Tamar Fleishman As I was standing at the Qalandia military checkpoint, I saw a Red Crescent ambulance, which was parked at the designated spot, waiting for its Palestinian counterpart. The paramedic, whom I’ve known […]
Young Palestinian Man Burnt to Death at Israeli Military Checkpoint
A Palestinian young man was burnt to death in his car on Tuesday night, after he was shot at by Israeli soldiers near a military checkpoint in the northern West Bank. The man was identified […]
No Country for Dead Palestinians: Six Encounters at the Qalandiya Checkpoint (PHOTOS)
By Tamar Fleishman While I was standing at the Qalandiya military checkpoint, six ambulances arrived in a single hour, one after the other. The first to arrive was the last to leave. It carried the […]
Israeli Forces Shoot, Injure Palestinian Teenager near Military Checkpoint in Tulkarem
Israeli soldiers manning the Annab military checkpoint to the east of Tulkarem, in the northern occupied West Bank, opened fire towards a group of Palestinian youth on Tuesday, shooting and injuring a teenager, the official […]
Without Saying a Word: The Electrocuted Boy at the Qalandiya Checkpoint
By Tamar Fleishman It is late afternoon and an ambulance coming from the West Bank is waiting at the Qalandiya Checkpoint compound to complete the procedure required for Palestinian patients who need to cross either […]
WATCH: Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Teen near Tulkarm
Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian teen Monday overnight at the military checkpoint of Jubara, near the occupied West Bank city of Tulkarm, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. The Palestinian Liaison Service […]
Qalandia: Israeli Forces Open Fire at Palestinian Vehicle, Detain Driver
Israeli forces opened fire on Wednesday night at a Palestinian-owned vehicle near the Qalandia checkpoint, north of Jerusalem, before detaining its driver, according to the official Palestinian news agency WAFA. Local sources told WAFA that […]
Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Man near Ramallah
Israeli forces killed a Palestinian close to Beit Ur al-Tahta village, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, in the early hours of Wednesday, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. The Health Ministry and […]
Israeli Soldiers Brutally Beat Palestinian Student at Checkpoint in Hebron
Israeli occupation forces today brutally beat a Palestinian school student in the southern West Bank city of Hebron (Al-Khalil), according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. Raed Tamimi told WAFA that Israeli forces stopped his […]
Israeli Soldiers Injure Disabled Man near Bethlehem
A Palestinian young man with special needs sustained injuries today after being shot by Israeli occupation soldiers at the Container military checkpoint, near Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank, the news agency WAFA reported. Israeli […]
Israel’s Supreme Court Rejects Petition to Release Body of Slain Palestinian
Israel’s Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a petition to release the body of slain Palestinian civilian Ahmed Erekat to his family. Erakat, a 27-year old Palestinian, was shot and killed by occupying Israeli forces at […]
Israeli Forces Shoot, Injure Palestinian Woman in West Bank
Israeli occupation forces last night opened fire at a Palestinian woman near the village of Huwwara, to the south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, injuring her in the leg and detaining her, […]
Family Separation Law: Israel’s Demographic War on Palestine Intensifies
By Ramzy Baroud When the Israeli Knesset (parliament) failed to renew what is commonly referred to as the Family Reunification Law, news reports and analyses misrepresented the story altogether. The even split of 59 […]
‘I Counted Seven Shots’: The Murder of Ibtisam Ka’abana
Many Palestinian men and women have been murdered here at the Qalandiya military checkpoint. The latest in the seemingly endless line of victims is Ibtisam Ka’abana, a young Palestinian woman who was killed by Israeli […]