IOF continued to use force against peaceful protests in the West Bank. Dozens of Palestinian civilians and international human rights defenders suffered from tear gas inhalation. IOF arrested an activist in the campaign against the construction of the annexation wall in Bil’ein village, west of Rammallah. IOF fired at Palestinian workers collecting scraps of construction materials in the northern Gaza Strip. IOF conducted 58 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank. IOF arrested 8 Palestinians. Israel has continued to impose a total closure on the OPT and has isolated the Gaza Strip from the outside world. Israeli soldiers arrested 4 Palestinian civilians, including a child, at various checkpoints in the West Bank. Israeli has continued to construct the annexation wall inside th West Bank territory. IOF leveled large areas of Palestinian land in al-Walaja village near Bethlehem. Israel has continued measures aimed at creating a Jewish majority in East Jerusalem. A new settlement plan in East Jerusalem was unveiled. The Israeli Municipality of Jerusalem decided to demolish the bridge of Bab al-Maghariba neighborhood. IOF closed offices of a number of NGOs and arrested a staff member. IOF have continued settlement activities in the West Bank and Israeli settlers have continued to attack Palestinian civilians and property. Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian farmers while cropping olives in the West Bank.
Source: PCHR week of 20-26 Oct 2011
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