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Salfit continues to suffer from illegal settlement sewage

Posted on: April 18, 2013

18th April 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Salfit, Occupied Palestine

By Team Nablus

The agricultural district of Salfit, about 25 miles north of Jerusalem, is facing health and environmental problems throughout its villages because of a constant stream of sewage from nearby illegal Israeli settlements, most notably Barkan and Ariel settlements which also hold illegal factory developments. See the below video with photos and video taken on a recent visit to Salfit by solidarity activists.


Updated on April 18, 2013
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Salfit’s rich agriculture threatened by factory development and settlers’ sewage

Posted on: April 9, 2013

3th April 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Salfit, Occupied Palestine
By Team Nablus
Illegal Israeli factory settlements in Salfit are threatening to damage the rich agricultural land of the surrounding villages and are adding a health risk already escalating due to sewage flow from illegal Israeli settlements in Salfit.
Salfit municipality representatives said that some of the illegal factory developments in Salfit are banned from existing in 1948 Palestine by Israeli environmental law; however, on Palestinian land in the West Bank, the factories can run without regard to the same environmental risks. Palestinian farmers in … Continue reading


Updated on April 9, 2013
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Curfew imposed on Kifl Hares as settlers invade

Posted on: December 21, 2012
Curfew imposed on Kifl Hares as settlers invade

21 December 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, Kifl Haris, Occupied Palestine

At around 9.30pm last night several Israeli Army vehicles entered the village of Kifl Haris as they do many times every year. They immediately imposed a strict unannounced curfew. The Israeli military tell nobody this will happen, nobody can leave their homes, nobody is able to visit a doctor or a hospital. If settlers attack your home you must deal with it alone. Kifl Haris is a Palestinian village in the northern West Bank, located … Continue reading


Updated on May 20, 2013
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Kufr ad-Dik: At the crossroads of Israeli confiscation

Posted on: January 30, 2012
Standing for Kufr ad-Dik and Palestine - Click here for more images

by Neil

30 January 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank

The village of Kufr ad-Dik in the Salfit region of the West Bank has become the latest in a series of villages to launch weekly protests against mass land theft by Israeli occupying forces.


Residents of Kufr ad-Dik took part in their fifth demonstrationon Friday, 27th of January. While this demonstration was short due to weather conditions, the previous demonstration on the 20th of January was much longer. Israeli forces used large amounts of tear gas to repel the protesters … Continue reading


Updated on January 30, 2012
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In Photos: The devastation of the Price Tag campaign in Bruqin

Posted on: December 8, 2011
The toll taken by Bruqin - Click here for more images

by Amal

8 December 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank

The smell of fire and sorrow was evident in Bruqin today, which is located to the west of Salfit in the northern area of the West Bank.  Even eight hours later  the feeling of loss populated the air. At approximately 2:30 AM a group of settlers entered the village and set fire to a mosque, a bulldozer, and a car.

The toll on Bruqin – Click here for more images

Israeli police and soldiers documented the attack, but claimed that they did not know who … Continue reading


Updated on May 21, 2013
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Father of 5 run over and killed by settler

Posted on: November 9, 2011
Father of 5 run over and killed by settler

by Thom Andrews

9 November 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank

This afternoon, 45 year old Abdullah Mutaled Al-Mashni, father of 5, was run over and killed by an illegal settler.

Whilst returning from collecting his olives, Abdullah was last seen riding his donkey back towards his village of Deir Istia – 7km northwest of Salfit.

Soon after the killing, Israeli Occupation Forces arrived to shield the scene from photographers and journalists gathered to report on the crime.

It is believed the settler was a resident in the nearby illegal colony of Revava … Continue reading


Updated on May 17, 2013
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Demolitions: Israel annexing more land in Kufr ad-Dik and Salfit

Posted on: October 5, 2011
Homes destroyed in Kufr ad-Dik and Salfit - Click here for more pictures

4 October 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank

On Tuesday around 11am the Israeli army carried out demolitions in the West Bank towns of Beit Ula and Kufr ad-Dik, destroying homes, animal pens, wells and hundreds of trees.

Yousef Muhammed Turshan sat amongst the rubble that used to be the home for him, his wife, and 5 children.

“This is our only home, I don’t know where we will … Continue reading


Updated on October 7, 2011
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Settlers destroy natural spring used by Palestinians for farming near Salfit

Posted on: March 9, 2010

International Solidarity Movement
8 March 2010

A group of Israeli settlers today destroyed a spring by the village of Qarawat Bani Hassan in the Salfit district. The settlers poured sand and cement into the spring, guarded by five armed members of the Israeli military.

Palestinians from the village were forced to watch helplessly as events unfolded, prevented by the soldiers from moving close to the spring or from filming what was happening. International Solidarity Movement volunteers were able to secretly film for a short time before the soldiers … Continue reading


Updated on March 11, 2010
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Settlers illegal attempt to occupy land owned by Qarawat Bani Hasan and Dier Istiya

Posted on: January 1, 2010
Settlers illegal attempt to occupy land owned by Qarawat Bani Hasan and Dier Istiya

International Women’s Peace Service

1 January 2010

On 31 December 2009 IWPS received a call from the Mayor of Qarawat Bani Hasan to participate in a demonstration in solidarity with the residents of their village. The non-violent, peaceful demonstration organized by the Municipality took place on January 1 2009, and was in response to increase settler activity in the area.

The Mayor of Qarawat Bani Hasan reported that over the period of the last month armed Israeli Settlers and Israeli military from the illegal outpost of Havot Yair had been … Continue reading


Updated on January 3, 2010
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IWPS: Twelve new house-demolition orders delivered in the village of Deir Ballut

Posted on: June 29, 2009

International Women’s Peace Service

29 June 2009

Twelve new demolition orders were delivered at houses in the Salfit village of Deir Ballut on June 15th, 2009. The papers were left at their homes, most of which are still under construction. Two of the homes are already occupied. Five of the homeowners have a court hearing on July 5th, 2009 and seven on July 16th, 2009. Lawyers have told the families that they must make an application to the Israeli authorities for building permits before the court dates.

The reason given for the demolition orders is that the homes do not have … Continue reading


Updated on July 1, 2009
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