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Tubas: Israel robs the Jordan Valley dry

Posted on: February 8, 2012
Demolition orders and water theft - Click here for more images

by Jonas Weber

8 February 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank


On Saturday 5 February a delegation of activists from the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) went on a tour in the municipality of Tubas, 30 minutes by car to the south east of Nablus.
At the municipality building of Tubas we were greeted by Marwan E. Toubassi, governor of the area. We were treated to sweets and coffee while Toubassi told us about the municipality of Tubas.
Called the breadbasket of Palestine, Tubas is a municipality about the … Continue reading


Updated on February 8, 2012
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Kufr ad-Dik and Burqin march against boars, pollution, and violence by Israelis

Posted on: February 4, 2012
Kufr ad-Dik face to face with their oppressors - Click here for more images

by Jonas Weber

3 February 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank

Burqin and Kufr Ad-Dik face daily obstructions in justice as nearby illegal Zionist settlements encroach on the livelihood of local Palestinians. The villages are surrounded by several hilltop illegal settlements and industrial sites with polluting factories and an army base.

“This is a microcosm of Palestinian suffering” stated a resident upon the arrival of International Solidarity Movement volunteers.

Burqin and Kufr Ad-Dik are under siege by settlers and soldiers. The villages are situated in Areas B and C as stipulated by the Oslo Agreement and sit dangerously close to the 1948 Green … Continue reading


Updated on February 4, 2012
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“We die a little bit inside us each time”: 2 more homes demolished in Bedouin village of Umm Al Kheer

Posted on: January 26, 2012
Demolitions in Umm al Kheir - Click here for more images

by Tom

26 January 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank

Israel demolished the homes of two families in the Bedouin village of Um Al-Kheer in the South Hebron Hills last week, on Wednesday January 25th.

The demolition team arrived with a bulldozer at 9:00 in the morning together Israeli soldiers and police. Villagers reported a chaotic situation of shouting and screaming and extremely aggressive behaviour on the part of the Israeli demolition team, soldiers and police. A video of part the demolition was taken by the Italian group Operation Dove:

An … Continue reading


Updated on February 4, 2012
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Kufr Qaddoum: Not peanuts in the colonists’ jar

Posted on: January 17, 2012
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by Amal

16 January 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank

The cold and rain did not keep the residents of Kufr Qaddoum from protesting this past Friday. Even the hail storm did not stop them from demanding their equal rights. The resilience and courage of the residents cannot be summed up in words. However, this is not the message they wanted to broadcast. Besides their everyday demands for justice, they wanted to express their concern for the “Judiazation of Jerusalem.” This term refers to the Israeli strategy of erasing all Palestinian and Arab identity in Jerusalem. Kufr Qaddoum residents expressed this … Continue reading


Updated on January 23, 2012
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Al Jab’a: “If the judge is your enemy, who are you going to complain to”

Posted on: December 28, 2011
An Israeli military watch tower seen from Al Jab`a village

by Sarah Morand

28 December 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank

 At first sight Al Jab’a appears as an idyllic Palestinian village, and sitting in a lovely garden under big olive trees, this seems like a perfect escape to the country side: white houses, friendly people, nice nature, and a splendid view until you glance just 500 meters from the village’s border.

Al Jab’a is surrounded by illegal settlements, a soldier camp, one major checkpoint, the construction of the separation wall as well as one permanent roadblock which blocks access to Jab’a’s … Continue reading


Updated on December 28, 2011
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Record number of Palestinians displaced by demolitions as Quartet continues to talk

Posted on: December 14, 2011
There has been a sharp rise in demolitions of Palestinian homes in 2011 © Amnesty International

13 December 2011 | Amnesty International

Israeli authorities have stepped up unlawful demolitions in the West Bank including East Jerusalem over the past year, displacing a record number of Palestinian families from their homes, an international coalition of 20 leading aid agencies and human rights groups said today.

The statement comes as the Middle East Quartet meets in Jerusalem in its latest effort to revive peace talks.

The sharp rise in demolitions in 2011 has been accompanied by accelerated expansion of Israeli settlements and an escalation of violence perpetrated by settlers, … Continue reading


Updated on December 14, 2011
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Khan Al-Ahmar: Forced expulsion of Bedouins from Area C

Posted on: December 13, 2011

by Alistair George
13 December 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank
“From the 1970′s until today, the Israelis used to demolish our tents and houses but not to deport us”  says Abu Hamis, a member of the Jahalin Bedouin tribe . “We used to rebuild our places but the new policy which they are adopting is that they want to not only demolish the houses, but to deport us from the area.”
Abu Hamis lives in the tinyvillageof Khan Al-Ahmar, located in the arid, rocky East Jerusalem periphery where steep mountain slopes plummet to the Jordan Valley and … Continue reading


Updated on December 13, 2011
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Jordan Valley: threat of imminent demolition hangs over the village of Al Hadidiya

Posted on: December 7, 2011
Abu Sacher, a local shepherd

by Ben Lorber

 7 December 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank

Before the 1967 Israeli occupation of the West Bank, Al Hadidiya, near the Jordan Valley villages of Tubas and Jiftlik, was inhabited by over 100 families. Today, only 14 families remain. Since 1967, the village has been demolished four times, and over 3000 dunums of land, necessary for shepherding and grazing of animals, has been stolen by the nearby settlements of Ro’I and Beqa’ot.

On November 10, the community received nine new demolition orders that target 17 structures and will affect 72 … Continue reading


Updated on December 7, 2011
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A wave of demolitions as Israel targets the Jordan Valley

Posted on: November 30, 2011
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by Lydia

30 November 2011 | International Solidarity Day, West Bank

This morning at 7am the Israeli army entered the village of El Beida in the northern Jordan Valley with  10 military jeeps and one bulldozer. Israeli military proceeded towards Abu Tarek Fracka’s land where he houses a honey farm on the land where his father’s house once stood.

The bee farm was shared by 50 families. Previous harvest has been known to produce 900 kilos of honey with recent prices of honey, yielding 60-100 NIS per kilo. Abu Tarek is in possession of paper work permitting him to build on this … Continue reading


Updated on December 1, 2011
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Beit Hannina: House demolitions without warning

Posted on: November 27, 2011
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25 November 2011  | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank

At 11 AM this Thursday the 24 of November, Mohammed Ka’abne and his family of Beit Hannina, were shocked by the arrival at their doorstep of an Israeli military unit accompanied by several police officers and two bulldozers.

Without issuing any kind of eviction order, or notification to the family, they proceeded to demolish the two houses of Mohammed’s sons and their families, and the tent where Mohammed himself has lived for five years.

When the the bulldozers arrived at the … Continue reading


Updated on November 30, 2011
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