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Settlers and Israeli military team up to intimidate Kufr Qaddoum

Posted on: September 10, 2011

6 September 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank

On the 5th and 6th of September, settlers from the illegal settlement of Qadumim entered Kufr Qaddum in an act of blatant provocation. The settlers were encouraged to leave by a spontaneous demonstration from the villagers who left their houses and rallied in the centre of Kufr Qaddoum.

The Israeli army punished the people of Kufr Qaddoum for exercising their rights by invading the village during the night. Over 500 soldiers entered the village shortly after midnight from all entry points and began making their way through the village. Three Palestinians, named Mouriya … Continue reading


Updated on September 10, 2011
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Jewish settlers storm the Aqsa Mosque

Posted on: August 8, 2011

8 August 2011 | The Palestine Information Center

Tension is running high in the holy Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem after Jewish settlers stormed and roamed the plazas of the holy site at the early morning hours on Monday.

The Aqsa guards said that Israeli occupation police escorted the groups of settlers who were roaming the mosque in provocative tours.

They said that the policemen were barricading the settlers in face of the angry Muslim worshipers, who were preparing to confront the settlers.

Israeli policemen and special forces broke into the holy site on Sunday night and forced out worshipers for the third straight night.


Updated on August 8, 2011
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Violent incitement against internationals in Sheikh Jarrah

Posted on: July 2, 2011

2 July 2011 | International Solidarity Movement

Two international activists were assaulted by 4 Israeli police officers in an unprovoked attack in Sheikh Jarrah this morning.

The two Danish activists were part of a group of five internationals staying at a home which has been partially occupied by settlers. With the support of the Israeli military in an ongoing dispute over property rights in East Jerusalem, a number of Palestinian families have been evicted from their homes and have been left homeless.

Police arrived for no reported reasons at approximately 8:30am and approached one of the activists who was sitting and reading at … Continue reading


Updated on March 20, 2012
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Settler arson attack in the village of Burin

Posted on: June 30, 2011
Settlers set fire to farmland in Burin.

30 June 2011 | International Solidarity Movement

On Thursday 30 June at 11:00 AM, the villagers of Burin reported that a fire was started by a group of settlers in one of the village´s crop field in the hills.

According to a villager who witnessed the events, Walid M. N. noted that before the fire began to burn, approximately 50 settlers from the illegal settlement of Yitzhar, including some children, were seen atop the hill which is just situated  in the southwest portion of the village.

ISM was told that many villagers went up to the blaze to try to stop it, but … Continue reading


Updated on July 1, 2011
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Beit Ommar harvests despite Israeli threats

Posted on: June 19, 2011

15 June 2011 | International Solidarity Movement

On June 14th 2011 a Beit Ommar farmer reported that he was “ordered” to leave his farm land by an armed security guard from the adjacent Karmei Tzur settlement. The guard apparently used a dog to drive the farmer and his family from the land. Settlers had also recently set fire to the wheat harvest on the same farmland. The farmland borders a large separation fence, behind which there is further farmland and the settlement.

On June 18th the farmer, his family, some villagers, Israelis, and internationals returned to the land to farm and harvest … Continue reading


Updated on June 22, 2011
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Armed settlers harass the villagers of Qusra, a village south east of Nablus in the West Bank

Posted on: June 14, 2011
Israeli settlers threw stones, damaging this Palestinian truck.

14 June 2011 | International Solidarity Movement

On Saturday June 11, six or seven armed settlers accompanied by the Israeli military entered the Palestinian village of Qusra and harassed villagers. Before they escaped they threw stones at a village truck smashing the side glass and cracking the windscreen.

At approximately 5.00pm, the Imam of the mosque in Qusra started calling to the population of the village that there were armed settlers (from a new illegal outpost near the village) approaching the village, from one of the surrounding mountains. In a show of strength and solidarity, around 100 villagers went to the mountain … Continue reading


Updated on June 22, 2011
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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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CPT: Settlers Injure Palestinian with Stones

Posted on: June 2, 2011
Bloody rags after a Palestinian boy was attacked by Israeli settlers

2 June 2011 | Christian Peacemaker Teams

For Immediate Release

In the old city in Hebron, two boys, ages 14 and 15, residents of Beit Hadassah Settlement, threw multiple stones, some as large as 5 inches, at Palestinians walking past in the market place. One nine year old boy was struck with two stones causing a head injury that splattered the sidewalk and storefront with blood. An ambulance arrived to rush the boy to the hospital for emergency care.

An IDF soldier stationed beside the settlement had neither tried to stop the boys nor take any action against the two teens … Continue reading


Updated on June 3, 2011
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Roof destroyed on farm property near Etzion settlement

Posted on: June 2, 2011
Roof destroyed on farm property near Etzion settlement

2 June 2011 | International Solidarity Movement

On the morning of Wednesday May 18th, Mohammed, arrived at his farm to find the roof of his farm buildings had been removed and the materials taken away from the property during the night. The farm is situated directly between Etzion settlement and a military police base, South of Bethlehem. The farm has been in Mohammed’s family for generations. He and his brothers grow grapes on the land, and stay in the farm house at weekends and during the summer when the … Continue reading


Updated on June 4, 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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