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The situation in Khan al-Luban deteriorates

Posted on: January 22, 2013
The situation in Khan al-Luban deteriorates

22 January 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Khan al Luban, Occupied Palestine.

The far-right settler organisation Regavim has filed a lawsuit against Khan al-Luban, taking the Darragmah family and various other Israeli institutions and groups to the Israeli Supreme Court. They claim that their home is a historical site on Israeli state land.

Regavim, who state on their website that their vision is for a “Zionist agenda for Israel that will lead to clear Zionist policies for all of Israel’s government systems”. The image on the right is a still from one of Regavims promotional … Continue reading


Updated on May 21, 2013
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Settler harassment at Khan al-Luban [Update: Video added]

Posted on: November 11, 2012
Settlers from the Ma'ale Levona Friday take photos and video at Khan al-Luban

By Stephen Alexander

11 November 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank

On Friday, the house at Khan al-Luban, south of Nablus was trespassed by settlers from the illegal settlement of Ma’ale Levona. The settlers attempted to destroy the water supply at the house.

Settlers from the Ma’ale Levona take photos and video at Khan al-Luban

Earlier in the morning, house-owner Khalid al-Hamed, his two sons and two international activists spent some hours lifting rocks out of a pit outside the house where the major … Continue reading


Updated on May 21, 2013
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Freedom for Jalaal

Posted on: September 18, 2012
Freedom for Jalaal

By Anna Conroy

18 September | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank

Jalaal and his family expressed their desire to thank everyone who has donated through ISM. (photo credit: Ellie Marton)

On Saturday 15th September a group of four internationals from ISM joined the Daraghmah family at their home in al Luban to celebrate son Jalaal’s release from prison. Thanks to many generous donations ISM was able to pay the five thousand shekel bail ($1300) and co-ordinate Jalaal’s release after he had spent 17 days in Israeli jail. Jalaal was arrested for … Continue reading


Updated on January 23, 2013
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Help bring Jalaal home

Posted on: September 11, 2012
Jalaal's little brother, Nour al-Deen being treated in an ambulance after the attack. (Photo courtesy of Wafia - International Communities Against Israel).

September 11, 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank

What would you do if 30 men armed with sticks and guns stormed into your home beat your little brothers and began beating your mother and ripping her clothes?

On August 28 this happened to sixteen year old Jalaal Daraghmah. He did his best to protect his family. He grabbed a pick used for gardening, and stood at the door of his house and told the settlers he would not let anyone in. When one of them tried to enter by force Jalaal hit him with the pick. The Israeli police arrived on … Continue reading


Updated on September 18, 2012
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Palestinian family members attacked, then arrested in khan Al Luban

Posted on: August 29, 2012
Nour al-Deen being treated in the ambulance after the attacks. (Photo courtesy of Wafa - International Communities Against Israel).

By Marshall Pinkerton

29 August | International Solidarity Movement

On the morning of August 28, around 30 settlers armed with guns and sticks descended upon a Palestinian home located in Khan al-Liban, and attacked the Daraghmah family. The mother, Taghrid, and the two youngest sons, Mu’min, 13, and Nour al-Deen, 9, were injured during the attacks which lasted at least one hour until soldiers and police arrived. Mu’min and Nour were taken by ambulance to the hospital. The father of the family, Khalid, 45, and his second eldest son, Jalaal, 16, were arrested and are still being held in police custody.

At around … Continue reading


Updated on January 23, 2013
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Khan Al Luban: Settlers invade again

Posted on: August 18, 2012
Click for more pictures. Photo by Marcus Fizgerald.

By Alex Marley

18 August | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank
On Saturday August 11, 2012 the same events of three days earlier repeated themselves in Khan Al Luban. A group of 4 illegal Israeli settlers, from Ma’ale Levona, armed with guns and wooden sticks, came into Khan al Luban at 10:30 p.m. The settlers yet again broke into the house owned by Khalid al-Hamed Daraghmah where international activists and the 2 sons of Khalid were staying.
When the settlers arrived, Khalid’s sons and the international activists asked them to leave the property, but they refused and instead sat down … Continue reading


Updated on May 21, 2013
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Settlers invade Khan Al Luban

Posted on: August 17, 2012
Settlers invade Khan Al Luban

By Alex Marley

17 August 2012  | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank
At around 10:30 p.m., a group of Israeli settlers from the nearby illegal settlement of Ma’ale Levona arrived in Khan Al Luban, a Palestinian hamlet located in the vicinity of Al Luban village. Armed with guns and wooden sticks, the settlers broke into a house owned by Khalid al-Hamed Daraghmah.

Israeli settlers armed with guns and sticks on the land of Khalid al-Hamed Daraghmah.
The owner Khalid Daraghmah was alerted by his dogs when the … Continue reading


Updated on August 29, 2012
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