Palestine's West Bank illegally occupied by IDF

[TonyGosling]

Israeli forces seize 17 Palestinians in West Bank
Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:59:02 GMT
Israeli soldiers have arrested 17 Palestinians in pre-dawn raids in a number of occupied West Bank towns.
According to the International Middle East Media Center, 15 of those detained in the overnight operations on Monday were from the central West Bank city of Ramallah and nearby villages.
A large number of Israeli troops cordoned off and ransacked the residents' houses in pursuit of 'documents.' The Palestinians were taken to military detention camps to be questioned.
The Israeli army regularly arrests Palestinians during overnight operations in West Bank towns, even though the detentions are in flagrant violation of a security agreement with the Palestinian Authority.
Tel Aviv claims that the people arrested in the raids are 'wanted activists' that have been detained for interrogation.
More than 11,500 Palestinians, among them women and children, are currently imprisoned in Israeli detention facilities, suffering harsh and life-threatening conditions.
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[TonyGosling]

The fascists' noose gradualy tightens
Israel stops granting permits to NGO aid workers in W. Bank
By Amira Hass - 20th January 2010 - Haaretz
The Interior Ministry has stopped granting work permits to foreign nationals working in most international nongovernmental organizations operating in the Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem, Haaretz has learned.
In an apparent overhaul of regulations that have been in place since 1967, the ministry is now granting the NGO employees tourist visas only, which bar them from working.
Organizations affected by the apparent policy change include Oxfam, Save the Children, Doctors Without Borders, Terre des Hommes, Handicap International and the Religious Society of Friends (a Quaker organization)..........
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1143854.html