15 June 2011 | International Solidarity Movement On June 14th 2011 a Beit Ommar farmer reported that he was “ordered” to leave his farm land by an armed security guard from the adjacent Karmei Tzur settlement. The guard apparently used a ...
Read More »Israeli soldier to activists who were detained near Beit Ommar: “I could kill you.”
11 June 2011 | International Solidarity Movement On Saturday June 11 three International Solidarity Movement activists were stopped by the Israeli army when trying to enter the village of Beit Ommar in the southern West Bank. The activists were going ...
Read More »Activists demonstrate and work land, despite Israeli military harrasment
24 April 2011 | Palestine Solidarity Project On Saturday, April 23, eight Israeli activists and 24 international volunteers joined residents of Beit Ommar for an action near Karmei Tsur organized by the Beit Ommar National Committee Against the Wall and ...
Read More »Army uses disproportionate force against small demonstration in Beit Ommar
02 April 2011 | International Solidarity Movement Today, small peaceful demonstrations in Beit Ommar were met with disproportionate force by the Israeli army. Just after 11 o’clock this morning, a small group of villagers and internationals marched to the entrance ...
Read More »Beit Ommar blockaded after settler attacks
29 March 2011 | International Solidarity Movement On Monday 28th March the Israeli army blockaded the town of Beit Ommar after arresting 15 young men the previous day. On the evening of March 27th troops entered the town arresting the ...
Read More »Two Palestinians injured as settler opens fire on funeral procession in Beit Ommar
21 March 2011 | Center for Freedom and Justice in Beit Ommar Around 12pm on Monday, March 21st, 2011, two Palestinian residents from the village of Beit Ommar in the southern West Bank were shot with live ammunition by an ...
Read More »Beit Ommar youth brain-dead in hospital after being shot by settlers
29 January 2011 | Palestine Solidarity Project Earlier today, Yousef Fakhri Ikhlayl, a 17-year-old youth from Beit Ommar who has worked very closely with PSP over the years, was shot in the head by settlers and he is currently brain-dead ...
Read More »Army raids the house of a Popular Committee member in Beit Ummar
23 December 2010 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee Soldiers from the Karmei Tzur settlement/military base invaded a civilian house this afternoon in Beit Ummar using live ammunition and sound bombs. During the raid, woman and children were injured as the ...
Read More »Soldiers occupy house and attack demonstrators
18th December 2010 | Palestine Solidarity Project On Saturday, December 18th, 2010, a larger than usual number of Israeli and international activists joined Beit Ommar villagers in their demonstration against the continuing encroachment of Karmei Tsur settlers on land belonging ...
Read More »Mousa, Yousef Abu Maria arrested from their homes as harassment continues in Beit Ommar
25 November 2010 | Palestine Solidarity Project Early Thursday morning, at approximately 2:00am, Israeli forces from the Gush Etzion military base came to the homes of brothers and National Committee members Yousef and Mousa Abu Maria. Both are also co-founders ...
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