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Maan: Clashes over olive harvest begin in Ni’lin, continue near Hebron

Posted on: October 3, 2008

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Ni’lin – Ma’an – Settlers near Ramallah in the central West Bank and Hebron in the south clashed with Palestinians and peace activists as they sought to harvest olives from areas confiscated by Israel. Both incidents occurred on Friday, the last day of the Muslim Eid Al-Fitr holiday that marks the end of Ramadan.

In Ni’lin, a Palestinian town north of Ramallah, a group of international and Israeli activists clashed with Israeli settlers as they accompanied Palestinians from the village of Ni’lin to their lands … Continue reading


Updated on October 3, 2008
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Maan: Israel – Settler attacks on Palestinians, Israeli soldiers increasing

Posted on: October 3, 2008

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Jewish settlers are committing hundreds of acts of violence against Palestinians in the West Bank, Israel’s chief military officer in the occupied West Bank said on Thursday.

Settlers are also escalating attacks on Israeli soldiers who occasionally intervene, the general said in an interview with Ha’aretz.

“In the past, only a few dozen individuals took part in such activity, but today that number has grown into the hundreds,” Major-General Gadi Shamni told Israeli reporters on Thursday.

“That’s a very significant change,” he added.

According to the Israeli army … Continue reading


Updated on October 3, 2008
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Settlers engaged in “price-tag” campaign

Posted on: October 1, 2008

There has been a noticeable surge in attacks by Israeli settlers throughout the West Bank over the past few months, with a large percentage of those attacks coming from the illegal settlements in the Nablus region. Residents of the Palestinian villages in this region have borne the brunt of the recent onslaught, with numerous assaults on people (including numerous murders); livestock; properties; and olive groves.

Burin, hedged on the south by Yitzhar settlement and on the north by Bracha, is under constant attack from settlers, who light fires; poison and shoot livestock; cut telephone and power lines; and attack houses. … Continue reading


Updated on October 1, 2008
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