Israeli Army

UPDATED: Illegal settler colonisers attack workers in Asira

Posted on: June 19, 2013

17th June 2013 | International Women’s Peace Service | Asira al Qibliya , Occupied Palestine

Army with closed military zone paper (Photo by ISM)
Update 19th June 2013: Settlers from the illegal settlement of Yizhar again attacked the water reservoir project in Asira. At 4pm on the 19th of June fifty settlers, accompanied by over thirty Israeli soldiers trespassed onto village land and attacked locals working on the site. The workers left the project immediately, but the settlers and army remained in … Continue reading

Updated on June 19, 2013
Posted under: Reports
Tags: Asira al-Qibliya, Israeli Army, Settler harassment, Video, Water

UPDATE: Illegal settler colonisers attack workers in Asira

Posted on: June 17, 2013

17th June 2013 | International Women’s Peace Service | Asira al Qibliya , Occupied Palestine

Electricity switch box burnt by settlers (Photo by IWPS)
UPDATE 19th June: The illegal settler continue their attacks on the village of Asira. Yesterday (18 June) they burnt the power/electricity switch box of the water reservoir project. Apart from the immediate labour and financial costs, such criminalities aim to further block Palestinian access to their water.
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Updated on June 19, 2013
Posted under: Reports
Tags: Asira al-Qibliya, Israeli Army, Settler harassment, Video, Water

UPDATED: Army raids Burin’s cultural centre

Posted on: June 16, 2013

12th April 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Burin, Occupied Palestine
UPDATE 16th June: On Wednesday 12th of June Burin’s cultural centre was invaded again by the Israeli army. They entered the village at 2am breaking into the Bilal Najjar Cultural Centre and taking documents and the centre’s official stamp. The army spent around two hours in the village also breaking into the future cultural centre that is under construction and taking photos of it. The Bilal Najjar Cultural Centre has been closed since the army invaded it on the 11th of April, damaged the building and destroyed all resources within.
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At 2am … Continue reading

Updated on June 16, 2013
Posted under: Reports
Tags: Burin, Israeli Army, Nablus, Night Raid

Interview with two Palestinian paramedics: “They don’t care if we are medics or not. They target everything”

Posted on: June 16, 2013

Protesters marching at last Friday demonstration in Nabi Saleh (Photo by Tamimi Press)

16th June 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah Team | Nabi Saleh , Occupied Palestine
M. and A. are two independent paramedics who regularly attend different protests against Israeli occupation of the West Bank. Israeli forces usually respond to Palestinian popular resistance with extreme violence, including the shooting of tear gas canisters, rubber coated steel bullets and live ammunition. Considering that injuries are very common and that the nearest hospital is usually far from the village where the protests are taking place, the presence of medical personnel in these demonstrations is essential and highly appreciated by … Continue reading

Updated on June 18, 2013
Posted under: Press Releases
Tags: An Nabi Saleh, Demonstration, Interview, Israeli Army, Medics

Settlers from Bracha attack and harass farmer on his land

Posted on: June 13, 2013

13th June 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Al Rujeib, Occupied Palestine
On Friday 7th June five settlers from the illegal settlement of Bracha attacked a farmer on his land, using sling shots to throw stones at him near Huwwara checkpoint. The same settlers continued to harass the farmer in the following days as he tried to graze his sheep and gather his crops, unprotected by the Israeli authorities.

Salah Sukamel Deweket (Photo by ISM)
Salah Sukamel Deweket rents 70 dunums … Continue reading

Updated on June 16, 2013
Posted under: Reports
Tags: Bracha Settlement, Huwwara, Israeli Army, Settler harassment, Settler violence

Two men arrested and a woman hospitalised in Hebron house raid

Posted on: June 3, 2013

3rd June 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil Team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine

A 58 year-old Palestinian man and his 28 year-old son were arrested and his wife hospitalised after Israeli soldiers invaded their home, smashing furniture and breaking electronic goods over a three hour period. Four more houses within the same building were also ransacked.

Yesterday at around 2.30pm, at least ten soldiers invaded the home of Mohammed Fathi Jabari (58) on the Western Prayer Road in the Israeli-controlled H2 area of Hebron. During the incident, the soldiers forced the residents all into … Continue reading

Updated on June 3, 2013
Posted under: Reports
Tags: Arrests, H2, Hebron, House raid, Israeli Army, Ransacking

Settlers setting up tent and planning road in Palestinian owned land in Al Khalil

Posted on: May 27, 2013

Settlers tent in the Palestinian olive groves (Photo by ISM)

27th May 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Team Al Khalil | Hebron, Occupied Palestine

UPDATE 28th May: Settlers claim that they will return on 28th May to build a road on Palestinian owned land in Wadi al-Hussein, Al Khalil. No building has yet taken place and settlers have yet to provide any documentation or court order for the road.

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This morning, 27th May, settlers from Kiryat Arba, an illegal Israeli settlement in the city of Al Khalil (Hebron), started to place road markers for the construction of a road through the Palestinian olive groves of Wadi al-Hussein. They were accompanied by … Continue reading

Updated on May 30, 2013
Posted under: Reports
Tags: Givat Ha'avot settlement, Hebron, Israeli Army, Kiryat Arba settlement, Land confiscation, Settlers

Sixteen-year-old boy blindfolded and arrested late at night without evidence

Posted on: May 27, 2013

27th May 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Team Al Khalil | Hebron, Occupied Palestine

Following the events of the settler tour during yesterday afternoon Fuad Asem al Batsh, a sixteen-year-old minor, was arrested in Hebron without any evidence or court decision. He was released after about an hour.

It was at 10 pm in the old city that a group of around 15 heavily-armed Israeli soldiers invaded a family house stating they were looking for a boy who earlier the same day had thrown an object at a settler. In the presence of four international activists the soldiers forced themselves into … Continue reading

Updated on May 27, 2013
Posted under: Reports
Tags: Arrests, Child Arrest, House raid, Israeli Army, Night Raid, Settler tour

Life in Hebron disrupted by another settler “tour”

Posted on: May 26, 2013

Zionist tourists and settlers marching through the old city of Hebron (Photo by ISM)

26th May 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Team Al Khalil | Hebron, Occupied Palestine

Yesterday the illegal settlers of the city of Al Khalil/Hebron held a walk through the Palestinian souq and nearby neighbourhoods. Prior to this, Israeli forces entered Palestinian homes, occupying roof tops. Throughout the tour Palestinian movement was restricted, and the soldiers controlled the movement of some international observers, while about 50 Zionist tourists and settlers were being escorted by Israeli heavily armed soldiers and police, around the Palestinian neighbourhoods of the old city.

Updated on May 26, 2013
Posted under: Reports
Tags: Hebron, Israeli Army, Settler tour, Settlers

Urif under attack

Posted on: December 26, 2012

26 December 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, Urif, Occupied Palestine
Over the past three days, the village of Urif, south of Nablus, has been under constant attack from Israeli settlers and soldiers. Soldiers invaded the village twice and numerous people sustained injuries from rubber-coated steel bullets and tear gas canisters. People in Urif said that settlers attack their village almost daily, especially now that Palestine has been granted observer member status in the UN.

Soldiers on the hills overlooking Urif
The … Continue reading