El encuentro de activistas y organizaciones de solidaridad con Palestina celebrado en Barcelona fortalece la lucha contra las políticas de apartheid de Israel.

The Ahrar Center for Detainees’ Studies and Human Rights reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped 292 Palestinians in October from different parts of the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip, adding that among the kidnapped are 26 children.Fuad al-Khuffash, head of the Ahrar Center, stated that nine Palestinian were taken from the Gaza Strip, while the rest (283) were kidnapped from their homes, and on roadblocks, in different parts of the West Bank. The report indicated that most of the arrests took place in Jerusalem, as the army kidnapped 103 Palestinians, including 17 children, 5 women and 5 cameramen, in October. Hebron comes next in the highest number of arrests, as the soldiers kidnapped 70 residents, including 9 children and three women, including the Noura al-Ja’bary, the wife of detainee Mohammad Abu Warda.Al-Khuffash stated that, compared to September, October witnessed an increase in the number of arrests carried out by the Israeli army, as the soldiers kidnapped 292 Palestinians compared to 246 in September. Israeli soldiers conduct invasions and arrests on a daily basis in the occupied Palestinian territory, number of arrests vary from day to day. These arrests include breaking into Palestinian homes causing extensive damage, harassing and assaulting family members of the detainees.

An Israeli Court in Lod acquitted, Tuesday, an Israeli soldier who shot and killed a Palestinian child during a nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall in Ni’lin village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah in 2008.The soldier admitted to firing two rounds of live ammunition at the child, Ahmad Mousa, 10, leading to his death. The incident took place in July of 2008; the soldier shot the child in the head leading to instant death. During his court testimony, the soldier said that “not firing back at those who hurl stones at the army is considered weakness; therefore, I opened fire”. The Judge claimed that “it was not proven that the bullets fired by the soldier led to the death of the child”, despite the fact that she acknowledged that the soldier opened fire using live ammunition while his life was not in danger. The soldier, identified as Omri Abu, stated that he was in a bulletproof vehicle, but added that “these vehicles protect you to a certain level, and sometimes become useless when the hood is damaged, and the windshield is broken”. According to Israeli daily, Haaretz, as the unit arrived at the scene, Palestinian youths started hurling stones at the armored jeep, and Abu immediately opened the jeep’s door and fired two rounds of live ammunition, hitting the child in the forehead causing instant death.