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Settlers attack demo in Qaryut

Posted on: February 10, 2012
Photos by Popular Struggle Coordination Committee

10 February 2012 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee
Demonstrators in Qaryout attempted to plant olive trees to resist land grab. On the way, they were attacked by settlers and the army.


Approximately 100 residents of the Qaryout joined the weekly protest against the occupation this week, aiming to plant olive trees on their lands, as an action against confiscation of lands by neighboring settlements. One of main legal mechanisms used by Israel to expropriate Palestinian land is the Ottoman Land Law of 1858, which … Continue reading


Updated on February 12, 2012
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Celebrating heroes and olives: Qaryut begins to dismantle roadblock

Posted on: February 5, 2012
Photos of George Habash, Vittorio Arrigoni, and Rachel Corrie and other heroes adorn trees planted by volunteers

by Aaron

5 February 2012  | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank


Hundreds of peaceful demonstrators confronted heavily armed Israeli soldiers this Friday, February 3rd,  at a new protest in the village of Qaryut, planting nearly one hundred trees and partially demolishing the roadblock that has obstructed access to the highway since the First Intifada.
Although organizers were prepared for military violence, the protest remained peaceful until the end, and demonstrators marched home triumphantly with a promise from the military to remove the roadblock with a bulldozer, which they … Continue reading


Updated on February 5, 2012
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Army harassment at peaceful tree-planting in Qaryut

Posted on: January 8, 2010

8 January 2010

An overwhelming force of Israeli military soldiers converged on farmlands outside Qaryut today as villagers attempted to replenish their endangered lands with water and new olive trees. Despite the overbearing army presence, residents’ convictions were strong enough for them to stand their ground and finish work for the day.

Villagers entered the Qaryut’s eastern farmlands following the midday prayer, carrying 200 baby olive trees donated by Palestinian Agricultural Relief and the Ministry of Agriculture. Facing the busy Nablus – Ramallah Road 60 route, and the Israeli settlements of Shilo and Eli behind them they set to work planting the … Continue reading


Updated on January 10, 2010
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Qaryut residents successfully remove a roadblock

Posted on: November 6, 2009
Qaryut residents successfully remove a roadblock

5 November 2009

The villagers of Qaryut are facing a new weekend tradition: the Friday removing of a roadblock, repeatedly re-instated by the Israeli army upon every attempt to clear the road connecting the village with Ramallah and Nablus.

The morning of Friday, 5 November, saw approximately 200 villagers join forces in clearing a large earth mound that blocks Qaryut’s passage to Road 60, the route for travelling between Ramallah and Nablus. Although 15 soldiers, 2 Israeli police vehicles and one car of … Continue reading


Updated on January 8, 2010
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Settlers and army attack farmers in Qaryut, leaving five wounded

Posted on: October 28, 2009
Settlers and army attack farmers in Qaryut, leaving five wounded

27 October 2009

At around 8am, on Tuesday 27 October, olive farmers from the village of Qaryut, south of Nablus, were physically assaulted by settlers from the nearby illegal settlement of Shilo. At least two Palestinian children were injured by the settlers, one sustaining an injury to his arm and the second one to his foot. When the Israeli forces arrived, they allowed the settlers to leave the scene, as the soldiers started attacking the Palestinians. One man was hit in the back of his head by a soldier’s rifle, only to find himself detained. The Palestinian farmers were ordered to … Continue reading


Updated on January 8, 2010
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Settler attacks farmers during Qaryut olive harvest

Posted on: October 17, 2009

15 October 2009

Three farmers were attacked by a settler outside the village of Qaryut Wednesday, October 15th as they collected their olives for the yearly harvest.  A struggle followed and the farmers managed to detain the settler until the military arrived. The settler was subsequently released without charge.

At around midday, while the Palestinian farmers worked their lands close to the illegal settlement of Eli, a lone Israeli settler approached the three carrying a large stick and began threatening the farmers. Though the village of Qaryut has been coordinating with the District Coordination Office the military was nowhere to be seen. … Continue reading


Updated on January 8, 2010
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900 dunums of Palestinian land confiscated in Qaryut village

Posted on: April 7, 2009

7 April 2009

Israeli forces have started the construction of three new roads around the village of Qaryut, located in the Nablus district of the northern West Bank.  Qaryut is already surrounded on three sides by illegal Israeli settlements, and the new roads are being built to connect these settlements together and to nearby road 60.  Road 60 has been closed to Palestinians since 2000, but has remained open to settlers and the army.  The closure of this road has prevented access by farmers to a large amount of agricultural land which, according to Qaryut’s mayor, is now being used by … Continue reading


Updated on January 8, 2010
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Thousands of dunums confiscated for Israeli settler road near Nablus

Posted on: April 4, 2009

Ma’an News Agency

2 April 2009

Israeli authorities issued orders to confiscate more than one thousand dunums of Palestinian lands of the village of Qaryut south of Nablus, head of the villages and municipal affairs office in Nablus Ghassan Daghlas said on Thursday.

On the land a road will be constructed linking the three illegal settlements, He noted that “this decision aims at to construct a three kilometer road to link the Israeli illegal settlement of Shilo, and the illegal settlement outposts of Hayovel and a second known locally as the “Qaryut” outpost.

Daghlas noted that Israeli bulldozers had been surveying the … Continue reading


Updated on January 8, 2010
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Settlers using government transition to step up construction

Posted on: March 29, 2009

Amos Harel | Ha’aretz

29 March 2009

Construction activity on West Bank settlements has increased in the transition period between the February general election and the formation of the new government, Haaretz has learned.

One notable example is the extensive earthworks being carried out in preparation for the construction of a road connect the settlement of Eli, north of Ramallah, with the Hayovel outpost Yuval, just south of the Arab city.

The earthworks are being carried out on private land owned by residents of the Palestinian village of Qaryut. The mayor, Abd al-Latif Lavum, plans to submit a petition today to the … Continue reading


Updated on January 8, 2010
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