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Second settler arson attack on Madama in a week

Posted on: June 3, 2011
17 year old Hussein Othman Muhammad detained by Israeli soldiers in Madama

3 June 2011 | International Solidarity Movement

On Thursday June 2 at about 1pm, the villagers of Madama were again victims of a settler arson attack on their land.

According to Samed Hamad, a 15 year old Palestinian who saw the incident, settlers from the nearby illegal settlement Yizhar, set fire to a crop Field on the mountain not far from the place they had attacked on Monday 30 May. Residents of the village went up to the blaze to put it out and it was then that a group of settlers accompanied by settler guards and Israeli soldiers attacked the … Continue reading


Updated on June 8, 2011
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Settler arson attack on the village of Madama

Posted on: June 1, 2011
Wheat field after arson attack

01 June 2011 | International Solidarity Movement

On Monday 30 May at 4pm, the villagers of Madama reported that a fire had been started by seven to eight settlers in one of the village’s wheat fields. The field was close to the place where less than a week ago, Hamad Jaber Qut – a 66 year old shepherd, was attacked by 15 settler youths with knives and sticks whilst tending his sheep and getting ready for prayer.

Mohammed, a resident of Madama, witnessed the arson attack which came at the hands of settlers who reside in the illegal settlement, Yizhar which … Continue reading


Updated on June 1, 2011
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66 year old shepherd from the village of Madama attacked by settlers

Posted on: May 27, 2011
66 year old shepherd from the village of Madama attacked by settlers

27 May 2011 | International Solidarity Movement

On Thursday May 26, Hamad Jaber Qut, a 66 year old shepherd from the village of Madama, was taken to hospital after being attacked by settlers with sticks and knives.

At about 16:30 whilst Hamad was herding sheep in the mountains of Madama, situated near the illegal settlement of Yitzhar, approximately 15 settlers approached him. Due to his sight problems Hamad wasn’t initially able to recognize that the men were settlers. In an unprovoked attack the settlers beat him with thick wooden sticks and knives for about five or ten minutes, until one resident of … Continue reading


Updated on May 27, 2011
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Israeli army imposes curfew on Madama

Posted on: May 21, 2011

21 May 2011 | International Solidarity Movement

On Thursday May 19, the Israeli army invaded Madama with many jeeps, and imposed a curfew lasting from 21:30 to 4:00am. During this time a man called Hani Muhammad Nassar was arrested and tortured inside a jeep for 3 hours.

Whilst being interviewed Hani said: “The army came when I was visiting my aunt at her house. When they entered the house and found me they asked about the reason of being at the house. I answered that I was visiting my aunt, but they did not believe me, so they held all of … Continue reading


Updated on May 21, 2011
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Female students of Madama school subject to constant harassment from Israeli army

Posted on: January 12, 2010

12 January 2010

Israeli Occupation Forces entered the northern West Bank village of Madama last night, damaging 5 houses and terrifying residents. The military has upped their presence in Madama in recent weeks, with the harassment of female students on their way to school becoming commonplace, and the creation of a new roadblock separating hundreds of farmers from their land.

Approximately 20 soldiers entered the village late last night in military jeeps, the explosion of sound bombs announcing their arrival. The Israeli Occupation Forces remained in the village for approximately 2 hours. The exterior of 5 Madama homes were damaged during the … Continue reading


Updated on January 13, 2010
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Israeli military constructs new roadblock in West Bank village, crippling farmers’ economy

Posted on: December 28, 2009
Israeli military constructs new roadblock in West Bank village, crippling farmers’ economy

28 December 2009

The Israeli army erected a giant earth mound across a crucial agricultural road in the northern West Bank village of Madama this week. The road block severely limits hundreds of farmers’ access to their lands, making transport by vehicle all but impossible. The intentional crippling of the village’s chief economy comes as settler violence continues unabated in the region.

Four Israeli military jeeps and one Caterpillar bulldozer entered the village on Wednesday night to construct the road block. The targeted dirt road cuts directly underneath the … Continue reading


Updated on December 28, 2009
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Madama shepherd beaten and detained by the Israeli army

Posted on: November 3, 2009
Madama shepherd beaten and detained by the Israeli army

2 November 2009

On Monday 2 November, Ma’mon Amen Fayis Nassar, a 35 year old man from Madama, near Nablus, was beaten and subsequently detained for 5 hours by Israeli soldiers with no reasoning given. In the morning, he had gone out to his family’s land some 3 km from the illegal settlement of Yitzhar and was clearing the lands of weeds while his sheep were feeding, when he was approached by three Israeli soldiers.

The soldiers promptly attacked him, striking his forehead with a riffle and … Continue reading


Updated on January 13, 2010
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Palestinian youth shot by Israeli settlers while working his land

Posted on: May 2, 2009

27 April 2009

On Monday, the 27th of April, 17-year-old Mohammad Farraj was shot by Israeli settlers while working his lands in Madama, southeast of the city of Nablus.  At around 12:00pm, Mohammad was alone picking almonds on his land near the illegal Israeli settlement of Yizhar.  At least one settler drove up along the nearby settler-only road and shot him in the chest from about 200 meters away.  Mohammad heard three or four shots, and at least one bullet hit him, entering his upper shoulder and exciting through his back.

Mohammad was found wounded by other villagers in the area, who … Continue reading


Updated on January 13, 2010
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Israeli soldiers abduct four Palestinians from Madama village, steal jewellery and money

Posted on: January 1, 2009
Israeli soldiers abduct four Palestinians from Madama village, steal jewellery and money

On the second day of the Israeli massacres of Gaza, Dec. 29, several homes were invaded by the Israeli Army in the town of Madama, east of Nablus. Four men were arrested and homes were damaged in an invasion unusual in the number of arrestees taken from the town. None of the men has since been released, and none have been officially charged with a crime.

The town of Madama is located approximately 4 kilometers south of Nablus, and is subjected to almost nightly invasions – however the arrest of four men at once … Continue reading


Updated on January 13, 2010
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House invasions, arrests and abuse by army in Madama and Asira al Qiblyia

Posted on: July 19, 2008
House invasions, arrests and abuse by army in Madama and Asira al Qiblyia

In the early morning of July 18th the villages of Madama and Asira al Qiblyia, south of Nablus, were invaded by the Israeli army. A total of twelve houses were invaded and the families, in many cases with small children, were brutally awoken by sound bombs exploding inside their houses. Fifteen young men were arrested without explanation. Many of their family members were physically and verbally abused and their possessions damaged.

In the village of Madama seven families had their houses invaded between 3 am and 6 am on the morning of July 18th. … Continue reading


Updated on January 13, 2010
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