Tag: As Sawiya
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Village in Focus: As Sawiya
25th January 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | As Sawiya, Occupied Palestine On January 24th, 2015, ISM activists visited As Sawiya, a Palestinian village located near Salfit. The village is home to around 3,500 people. Seven mountains surround the village; much of the land is occupied by three illegal Israeli settlements – Eli,…
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Palestinian school set on fire
21st September 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus team |As-Sawia, Occupied Palestine On the evening of the 10th September, unknown assailants broke into the As-Sawia Secondary School, forced open the door and set the school on fire. Bedouins living close to the school saw the fire and alerted the fire brigade. By the time it was put…
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17 years old arrested at school in Al Sawiya
5th March 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Team Nablus | Al Sawiya, Occupied Palestine On Monday March 3rd, in the early afternoon, Obada Muhammad Saleh, a 17 years old Palestinian was arrested by the Israeli Forces in his school in Al Sawiya. Around 1pm last Monday, was school children were leaving Al Sawiya’s school, ten…
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Settlers steal olives in As Sawiaya
4th November 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | As Sawiaya, Occupied Palestine The villagers of As Sawiaya had gained permission to pick their olives, for just 3 days in the year the Israel army was allowing them to visit their land. These three days were overshadowed by the harassment and attacks from settlers…
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Sawiya night attack by settlers sees property damaged and graves vandalized
15th May 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, As Sawiya, Occupied Palestine By ISM Nablus In the early hours of Monday morning, a group of Zionist settlers from the Eli and Rechalim colonies attacked the Palestinian village of As Sawiah, east of Salfit. At about 3am, As Sawiah’s residents were sleeping as settlers attacked, first targeting…
