7 November 2009 On Saturday 7 November the residents of Iraq Burin, a small village outside Nablus, once again had their weekend disrupted by settlers and the Israeli army. During the day settlers from the nearby illegal settlement came down ...
Read More »Israeli settlers plow privately owned Palestinian fields, Israeli police fail to intervene
9 November 2009 | Christian Peacemaker Team For immediate release: At-Tuwani – On the morning of Sunday 8 November 2009 four Israeli settler youth from Ma’on settlement plowed privately-owned Palestinian fields in Umm Zeituna valley. The settlers arrived at approximately ...
Read More »British activists blockade Carmel Agrexco
Indymedia UK 6 November 2009 At about 6 o’clock this morning a group of London students and international activists, including members of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), blocked the two gates leading to the depot. The activists seek to raise ...
Read More »Jewish settlers throw stones at Palestinian houses in Sheikh Jarrah
6 November 2009 On Friday 6 November 2009 at 2am, many stones and one glass bottle were thrown onto the roofs and yards of Palestinian houses in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of occupied East Jerusalem. The stone throwing did not ...
Read More »Residents of Sheikh Jarrah demonstrate against settlements in East Jerusalem
4 November 2009 On Wednesday 4 November 2009, a vibrant demonstration was held in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of occupied East Jerusalem. The demonstration was organised as a protest against Jewish settlers taking over a Palestinian house in Sheikh Jarrah, ...
Read More »Eleven organizations demand that Mets cancel Citi Field fundraiser for Israeli settlers
Adalah NY 4 November 2009 Eleven organizations from the US, Palestine and Israel have called on baseball’s New York Mets to cancel a November 21st dinner at the Caesars Club at Citi Field for the Brooklyn-based Hebron Fund. The dinner ...
Read More »Settlement by stealth belies promises of restraint
Donald Macintyre | The Independent 4 November 2009 Maysaa Al-Kurd has lived all her life in the home her family moved into in 1956. The pomegranate tree standing in the garden was planted by her father when she was still ...
Read More »Palestinians who see nonviolence as their weapon
Richard Boudreaux | The Los Angeles Times 4 November 2009 Every Friday, Mohammed Khatib’s forces assemble for battle with the Israeli army and gather their weapons: a bullhorn, banners — and a fierce belief that peaceful protest can bring about ...
Read More »Jordan Valley may be hurdle in peace talks
Howard Schneider | The Washington Post 2 November 2009 The backhoes are busy on housing plots for this new Israeli settlement in the Jordan Valley, and young families, under army guard and toting M-16s, have begun cultivating dozens of acres ...
Read More »Jews take over Jerusalem house from Palestinians
Douglas Hamilton | Reuters 3 November 2009 Jews took over another house in Arab East Jerusalem on Tuesday in what Palestinians say is a systematic campaign to drive them out and strengthen Israel’s hold on all of Jerusalem. The house, ...
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