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Settlers attack Zatari family in Al Buwayre, wounding father

Posted on: March 19, 2011
Mozbah Zatari, shortly after the attack, being carried to the ambulance

19 March 2011 | International Solidarity Movement

Tonight at 6pm a mob of 20 settlers from the Kiryat Arba settlement near Al Buwayra, Hebron, attacked the Palestinian family of Mozbah Zatari while they were in their car. According to the family and witnesses, they had just parked their car when the settlers swarmed around the car and broke windows with stones. Mozbah Zatari, his mother, and his two sons (ages 4 and 6) were in the car and all were hurt by stones thrown into the car. Mozbah … Continue reading


Updated on March 19, 2011
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One hundred settlers gather to violate construction freeze; Israeli soldiers threaten besieged Palestinian family

Posted on: September 2, 2010
A large group of settlers constructing an illegal outpost

2 September 2010 | ISM Media

Baqa’a valley, HEBRON

Last night (1 Sept. 2010) around 150 to 175 Israeli settlers, many armed, constructed an illegal outpost at a new location in the Baqa’a valley, east of Hebron, and attempted to harass a Palestinian family.

The Israeli army did not attempt to disperse the settler gathering but later did partially raze the area on which the makeshift outpost buildings had been built – near the illegal Israeli settlements of Kiryat Arba and Givat Harsina, on the opposite side of Route … Continue reading


Updated on September 11, 2010
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Provocations continue: settler rally in Al Buwayra

Posted on: August 19, 2010
Provocations continue: settler rally in Al Buwayra

19 August 2010 | ISM Media

Al Buwayra /Al Baqa’a Valley

About 4 pm on 18 August 2010, a group of international activists witnessed an large number of Israeli settlers walking in groups up to “Hill 18” in Al Buwayra, a neighborhood on the outskirts of Hebron. Settlers there had made an outpost in the very heart of the village, and over the years they have repeatedly harassed and attacked the Palestinians living here. Said outpost was recently been demolished by the Israeli army, sparking settlers riots and vindictive attacks on people, property and farmland. The day after the demolition settlers began to … Continue reading


Updated on August 20, 2010
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Dark days in Al Buwayra: a week of settler attacks

Posted on: August 19, 2010
Canadian activist Peter Cunliffe after he was left with a broken nose following an attack by masked Israeli settlers

Al Buwayra is a small village located on the outskirts of Hebron, with about 560 inhabitants. Most people are farmers, growing grapes and vegetables to support themselves. The situation in the village is critical, and villagers are repeatedly being attacked by settlers from the illegal Kyriat Arba and Harzina settlements which surround the village as well as several illegal outposts.

The road into the village is blocked by a gate and an earth mound set up by the Israeli army, forcing the villagers to either climb or drive a long way in order to enter their homes. Since the Israeli army … Continue reading


Updated on August 20, 2010
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CPT: Settlers Heat Up the Air in Al Bweireh

Posted on: August 6, 2010

Christian Peacemaker Team – Hebron

Since approximately 2000, the Israeli Military and nearby settlers have set in place an iron gate across the road leading to Al Bweireh. They have also positioned a huge several-ton rock perhaps 25 meters from the barrier gate on the same road and another gigantic heap of rock and earth 100 meters up from the second blockade. Three roadblocks and a huge settlement, plus Outpost Hill 86 have all but destroyed the “heaven” these villagers once enjoyed on their beautiful land.

Fifty six families representing 560 people no longer have the “luxury” of carrying their groceries … Continue reading


Updated on August 7, 2010
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Masked settlers attack international peace activists in Hebron

Posted on: August 6, 2010
Peter after the attack which left him with a probably broken nose

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

6 August 2010

Al-Buwayra, HEBRON – This morning, in a second day of violence in the village of Al-Buwayra, near Hebron, two international peace activists were attacked by three Israeli settlers wearing black masks.

Both were left seriously injured and have been hospitalized following the unprovoked attack.

The settlers knocked Canadian Peter Cunliffe (pseudonym), 26, to the ground then beat him in the face and body using metal poles and wooden sticks. He is being treated for a probable broken nose and serious back injuries.

Danish peace activist Koba Soernesen. … Continue reading


Updated on August 20, 2010
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