Two residents of Ni'ilin were arrested by the Israeli Army tonight, during a night-time raid on the village. Their arrest follows the two similar arrests last week, and may signal a renewed increase of anti-Wall arrests .
Dozens of masked soldiers raided the West Bank villages of Bil'in and Ni'ilin this morning to post decrees designating the village's lands as a closed military zone on Fridays for a period of six months.
Peaceful advocates detained on spurious charges, denied due process
Repression continues: in an expansion of its campaign of repression against the Palestinian popular struggle, the Israeli Army raided the village of Nabi Saleh tonight and arrested five activists from their beds.
In the highest profile arrest of the recent wave of repression against West Bank popular struggle, Israeli soldiers arrested Mohammed Khatib today before dawn. Khatib is a member of Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlement in the West Bank village of Bil'in and the coordinator of the Popular Struggle Coordination Committee.
Repression Continues: Three residents of Ni'ilin were arrested in a pre-dawn imilitary incursion into the village of Ni'ilin today. This is the 15th time such a raid was conducted in the past month in order to apprehend Palestinian anti-Wall activists. Today's arrests are a continuation of a concerted assault on the popular struggle movement and its leadership.
Four residents of Ni'ilin have been arrested last night during a military incursion into the West Bank village. Four others, who were not home at the time of the raid surrendered themselves in the morning. These recent arrests are a part of a concerted assault on the popular movement and follow the arrest of three prominent organizers from the village last Wednesday.
In an early morning incursion into the village of alMaasara, two Popular Committee members' houses were raided by soldiers who threatened them that if demonstrations in the village continue, a child may end up dying. Yesterday, Sa'id Yaqin, a member of the Palestinian National Committee Against the Wall was arrested in Beit Duqqu.
On the night 12 December Hassan Mousa and two other grassroots organizers from the village of Ni'ilin have been arrested from their beds during a night raid on their town. The three are suspected with incitement, a blanket charge for organizing demonstrations.
Mousa, 36 years old, is a high school teacher in the village and an outspoken proponent of peaceful resistance to the Occupation. The following video interview was held four days prior to his arrest.
The army has staged another night raid into Ni'ilin tonight, the forth this week, this time targeting activist Mohammed Amirah