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Fadi Abu Zeitoun, killed as settlers attacked farmers

Posted on: April 9, 2012
Fadi Abu Zeitoun, killed as settlers attacked farmers

by Rana H.
9 April 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank
Israeli settlers attacked and chased a group of Palestinian farmers last Thursday, causing a tractor to flip over during the chase, causing the death of the Palestinian driver.
On Thursday, April 5th, armed settlers from the illegal Israeli colony of Itamar attacked a group of Palestinians en-masse. In haste and in fear for his life, twenty-eight year old Fadi Abu Zeitoun’s tractor tipped and crushed him as he fled from the pursuing … Continue reading


Updated on April 12, 2012
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Qaryut: 8 year old injured by bomb planted by Israelis

Posted on: April 2, 2012
Qaryut: 8 year old injured by bomb planted by Israelis

by Lydia

2 April 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank

Yemams father did not have time to respond to his son before the bomb exploded. Ripping through three layers of clothes and even more layers of skin, his father had to watch the tragedy unfold before his eyes. Yemam Mohammad Fatah Azam is just eight years old. He was enjoying a Friday afternoon with his father in the olive groves.

Situated between the illegal Israeli settlements of Shilo, Eli, and Suvat Rachel, Qaryut is not new to military and settler violence. … Continue reading


Updated on April 2, 2012
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Eight children from Beit Ummar facing suspension from their village of residence

Posted on: March 26, 2012

by Satu
26 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank
Eight children between the ages of 14 to 17 years old were arrested in Beit Ummar during night raids from 6th to 11th of March conducted by the Israeli occupation forces following a nonviolent solidarity demonstration for the hungerstriker Khader Adnan on the 21st of February.
On Tuesday 20th of March the youth went to court at the Israeli military court at Ofer and faced a sentence of being banned from Beit Ummar, where they live with their families, for a period of 6 … Continue reading


Updated on March 26, 2012
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A family’s nightmare: Beaten and kidnapped by illegal settlers near Qadumim as Israeli military facilitates the crime

Posted on: March 23, 2012
Samer and his two children, kidnapped

by Jonas Weber

23 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank


A family of four was kidnapped by settlers on Thursday afternoon while having a picnic close by an outpost near Qadumim. When soldiers arrived at the scene they chased away the relatives of the kidnapped family with tear gas and rubber coated steel bullets alongside settlers throwing stones.
It was around 4.30 pm on Thursday that the El Seddi family, who were eating almonds on their families land in the outskirts of Jit, east of Nablus, was kidnapped by a gang of settlers. … Continue reading


Updated on March 25, 2012
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Mapping a pattern of Israeli violence in Burin

Posted on: March 14, 2012
Burin Violence Pattern

13 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank
The pattern of settler and military invasion of Burin, a village near Nablus, is what locals and internationals are mapping to brace themselves for more property damage, violence, and threats by nearby illegal settlements and hardcore adherents to the volatile “Price Tag Campaign.”

If the pattern continues, the next attack will be settlers, according to local ISM coordinator, Lydia. “Within a few days after that, Burin should be due a visit from the soldiers.”

According to notes and statistics … Continue reading


Updated on March 20, 2012
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Israeli flags hanged in Yanoun are a reminder of Itamar settler violence

Posted on: March 8, 2012

by Ramon Garcia
7 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank
 The illegal settlement of Itamar, constructed illegally on the land of Aqraba,  Awarta,  and Beit Furik, has taken a provocative step of incitement in the village of Yanoun, from which Zionists have also stolen land. On 7 March 2o12 illegal  settlers entered the village of Yanoun and rose the flag of Israel over the home of village elder Abu Muhmad al Ajoori, who resides in the lower part of the village. Another flag was suspended over a water reservoir in … Continue reading


Updated on March 10, 2012
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Settler violence rages in Nablus area

Posted on: March 1, 2012
Settler violence rages in Nablus area

by Jonas Weber

29 February 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank
Yesterday, violence erupted close to Joseph’s Tomb when settlers gathered near the site. Youths from Balata refuge camp came out to chase the settlers off but where kept at a distance by the soldiers that accompanied the illegal settlers as usual. This is the second time this month that violence occurred due to settlers visiting Joseph’s Tomb.
In the nearby village of Burin, dozens of settlers from the illegal settlement Yitzhar attacked the house of Umm Ayman Sufan by throwing rocks and bottles. The olive trees surrounding … Continue reading


Updated on March 1, 2012
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Settler Violence: Broken Glass on Shuhada Street

Posted on: February 22, 2012
Israeli military is seen often in Palestinian neighborhoods in Al Khalil

by Silvia

21 February 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank
Five years ago Abed Seder’s wife, Kefah, was shot five times in the chest by Israeli soldiers as she went onto her roof to check her water tank. She was 23 years old and left three sons motherless. He tells me his sons are afraid to go on the roof, which overlooks the illegal Zionist settlement of Beit Hadassah. To an international community, Abed’s struggle is one of trauma and loss, but he tells it with shockingly familiar regularity.

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Updated on February 22, 2012
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61 year old released from hospital after Yitzhar settler attack

Posted on: February 15, 2012
A broken windshield of the family vehicle reveals the impact and size of thrown projectiles - Image via Alternative Information Center

by Fransisco Reeves

15 February 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank


Following her horrific ordeal of having her family’s vehicle attacked by Zionist settlers in early February,  Maysar Abd Al Majeed Ghanem is finally healthy enough to return to home.
 The attack resulted in Ghanem spending 36 hours in the Intensive Care Unit and a subsequent 11 days in the hospital. No effort has been made to investigate this attack by Israelis or illegal settlers from Yitzhar settlment, where the attackers are based.
Ghanem and her family … Continue reading


Updated on February 16, 2012
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Burin: Yitzhar settlers leave the mark of violence

Posted on: February 10, 2012
Settlers leave the mark of violence - Click here for more photos

by Veronica
10 February 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank
On Thursday 9 February at about 10pm, a house in the village of Burin near Nablus was attacked by settlers. Approximately 50 armed settlers approached a house near the edge of the village and threw stones and rocks at the inhabitants, shouting at them to get out of the house. Young men in the village were alerted and came to the assistance of the family.


When they arrived the settlers backed off, but soon … Continue reading


Updated on February 13, 2012
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