Mel Frykberg

Israeli Forces Target Journalists In West Bank

The rising trend of Israeli security forces using live ammunition against Palestinian protesters has expanded to include journalists as well.

Mel Frykberg
By Mel Frykberg
Israeli commander who blocked the writer’s entrance to the village of Kafr Qaddoum – as clashes were taking place – for over two hours. Credit: Mel Frykberg/IPS

Israeli commander who blocked the writer’s entrance to the village of Kafr Qaddoum – as clashes were taking place – for over two hours. Credit: Mel Frykberg/IPS KAFR QADDOUM, West Bank - It is becoming increasingly risky to cover clashes and protests between Israeli security forces and Palestinian protesters in the West Bank as the number of

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Environmental Terrorism Cripples Palestinian Farmers

Israeli settlers are hacking down Palestinian olive trees in an act of environmental terrorism aimed at intimidating their Palestinian neighbours and economically crippling many Palestinian farmers who rely on harvesting olives to make a living

Mel Frykberg
By Mel Frykberg

Palestinians try to put out fire set by Israeli settlers in an olive grove near  the West Bank village of Burin, near Nablus, Monday, June .3, 2013. AL SHUYUKH, Southern West Bank - “Exactly which olive trees do you want to see? The Israeli settlers have cut down thousands. Can you be more specific?” asked the taxi driver, telling IPS that

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Palestinian Grassroots Resistance To Israeli Occupation Growing

The boycott follows the withholding by Israel of millions of Palestinian tax dollars in retaliation for the PA advancing plans to take Israel to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for alleged Gaza war crimes and abuses in the West Bank.

Mel Frykberg
By Mel Frykberg
Unarmed Palestinian confronts Israeli soldiers

An unarmed Palestinian confronts Israeli soldiers during protest near Jelazon refugee camp, north of Ramallah, West Bank. RAMALLAH, West Bank - As soon as the truck carrying Israeli dairy products entered Ramallah’s city centre it was surrounded by Palestinian activists who proceeded to remove and trash almost 20,000 dollars’ worth of mainly

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Israeli Arrest Campaign Targets Palestinian Children

According to volunteer organisation Military Court Watch, 151 Palestinian children are currently being held in Israeli detention for “security offences” in the Occupied Territories and within Israel.

Mel Frykberg
By Mel Frykberg

Israeli forces, including soldiers disguised as Palestinians, violently arrest a Palestinian child in occupied Jerusalem on October 24, 2014. RAMALLAH, West Bank - Fourteen-year-old Malak al Khatib, one of the youngest Palestinian detainees and one of only a handful of girls, was released from an Israeli prison on Feb. 13 into the arms of

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