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Nonviolent resistance in the south Hebron hills

Posted on: June 22, 2009

Joy Ellison | Electronic Intifada

18 June 2009

A couple of months ago I had the great pleasure of watching Palestinians successfully graze their sheep near Avigail settlement, on land where they are regularly attacked and harassed. The joy I felt in watching my friends and partners grazing their sheep on their ancestral lands was overwhelming. Sitting on the hill and eating lunch together felt like having a party.

As the day drew to an end, Mahmoud, one of the Palestinian elders, excitedly explained to me the strategy he had used in dealing with the Israeli army and settlers that morning. … Continue reading


Updated on June 22, 2009
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Palestinians demonstrate against Susiya settlement expansion

Posted on: May 3, 2009

Christian Peacemaker Teams

5 May 2009

Over one hundred Israeli and Palestinian members of Combatants for Peace gathered peacefully in the Palestinian village of Susiya on 5 May to mark the installation in the village of solar panels and a wind turbine which will provide electricity to the Palestinian village in the South Hebron Hills.

After viewing the panels and turbine, and listening to leaders of the nonviolent resistance in the South Hebron Hills, the group walked towards a house that settlers from the nearby Susiya settlement had built on Palestinian land. Soldiers met the group and read aloud an … Continue reading


Updated on May 3, 2009
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Israeli settlers destroy crops near village of At-Tuwani

Posted on: April 19, 2009

Christian Peacemaker Team

18 April 2009

On 18 April Palestinians in the South Hebron Hills reported that Israeli settlers had destroyed a large privately owned Palestinian wheat field by allowing a flock of goats and sheep to graze on it. Palestinian owners discovered the destruction when they arrived to harvest the crops on the morning of 18 April.  The field, located in Meshaha Valley, is the property of a family living in the nearby village of At Tuwani.

Also that morning Israeli soldiers declared a large area of land east of At Tuwani to be a closed military zone and forced … Continue reading


Updated on April 19, 2009
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Israeli forces arrest a German national and an Italian national in At-Tuwani

Posted on: April 11, 2009

11 April 2009

A German national and an Italian national were taken by Israeli forces while accompanying farmers at 11am. Both individuals have been taken to the police station at Kyrat Arba. Palestinian farmers in At-Tuwani rely on the presence of International and Israeli human rights workers to mitigate violence from settlers.

As soldiers in the area frequently ignore settler violence and rarely interfere to protect the farmers, international volunteers provide support for the Palestinians. The grazing action began around 8.30 am, and the German and Italian nationals were arrested at 11am.

At-Tuwani is a village of 300 Palestinians located in South Hebron … Continue reading


Updated on April 12, 2009
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Urgent action for Palestinian school children from Tuba and Maghaer-al-Abeed

Posted on: April 11, 2009

Luisa Morgantini

11 April 2009

Of utmost concern for CPT and Operation Dove is the safe travel of Palestinian school children who walk from the nearby villages of Tuba and Magaher-al-Abeed to At-Tuwani’s elementary school. These school children face a treacherous daily walk past the illegal Israeli settlement of Ma’on and the illegal outpost of Havat Ma’on. For years, armed adult settlers have attacked, threatened and harassed the children along the path from Tuba to Tuwani. In 2004 the Knesset recommended that the Israeli military provide the children with an armed escort. However, since settlers … Continue reading


Updated on May 18, 2009
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Masked settlers beat three Palestinian children, shoot at Palestinian shepherds for the second time in ten days

Posted on: April 5, 2009

Christian Peacemaker Teams

5 April, 2009
Juwayya, South Hebron Hills, West Bank

At 4:00 pm, Israeli soldiers and the Ma’on settlement security guard took three Palestinian boys, ages 10, 11, and 14, and transported them Ma’on settlement.  Soldiers delivered the children to six masked settlers who beat the children, kicking and punching them.  At 4:45, the children arrived back in their village, after the settlers allowed them to leave to walk home through the hills alone.

Earlier the same day settlers shot at a teenage Palestinian shepherd as he grazed his sheep near Juwayya.  This is … Continue reading


Updated on April 5, 2009
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CPT: Palestinian shepherds resist settler violence and disruption

Posted on: March 29, 2009

Christian Peacemaker Teams

29 March 2009

In three recent incidents Palestinian shepherds asserted their right to graze their sheep on their own land, despite Israeli settlers’ attempts to intimidate the Palestinians and disrupt their agricultural work. Palestinians in the South Hebron hills have responded to recent violence and incursions on their lands with a law suit and a nonviolent grazing action.

The morning of March 22, as shepherds from the village of At-Tuwani grazed their sheep in nearby Humra valley, a settler brought his flock to the area from the Israeli settlement outpost of Havot Ma’on. The settler called the police … Continue reading


Updated on March 30, 2009
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Homes Rebuilt by Peace Activist Demolished Today

Posted on: April 19, 2007

This morning Israeli Forces accompanied bulldozers to the Home of the Abu Kabatya Family near Um Nazel which was rebuilt with donations collected by peace activists. They demolished the families’ home and then proceeded to the land of farmer Ali Rabia near At-Twani and uprooted fifty olive trees, fifteen almond trees and destroyed a water well. From there they continued to Qawawis and destroyed six homes including all the homes recently rebuilt by ISM and a coalition of Israeli groups.

The shepherds and farmers of the south Hebron hills are not granted building permits to build on their own lands by … Continue reading


Updated on January 10, 2009
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