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Residents of Qusra village on the road to recovery after attacks by settlers

Posted on: April 22, 2013
Helmi on 21st April - recpvering step by step

22nd April 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Qusra, Occupied Palestine

By Team Nablus

Helmi on 21st April – recovering step by step

Helmi Abdul Azeez Hassan was shot with live ammunition by a settler on 23rd February at short range and came very close to death. He spent nine days unconscious before he woke up in hospital only to be interrogated and accused of throwing stones. Two months later, he sits down with his family and international activists and is happy as he talks of … Continue reading


Updated on May 21, 2013
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Arrest and abuse of ill 16-year old in Urif

Posted on: April 21, 2013
Medical documents for the arrested boy

21st April 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Urif, Occupied Palestine

By Team Nablus

An innocent 16-year-old boy was abused and arrested on Tuesday April 16th in Urif, despite his grandfather and uncle rushing to show documents that he is seeking medical attention for a possible cancer diagnosis. He was wrongfully accused of stone-throwing as he was leaving his uncle’s home.

Twelve soldiers had arrived in the village at around noon and were forcefully entering houses and shooting rubber-coated steel bullets down two main streets in Urif. They entered five different houses and in the fifth house, randomly attempted to take a boy in … Continue reading


Updated on April 21, 2013
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BREAKING NEWS: Internationals arrested and hospitalised for trying to plant trees in Urif

Posted on: February 12, 2013
BREAKING NEWS: Internationals arrested and hospitalised for trying to plant trees in Urif

12 February 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Urif, Nablus, Occupied Palestine

UPDATE: All of those detained today have been released and the Brit who was pepper sprayed has been let out of hospital

At around 11am this morning, a group of internationals including three volunteers from the Michigan Peace Team travelled to Urif in Nablus. They were attempting to assist in planting olive trees at the top of the village near the school, an area which has been the scene of much of the recent troubles in Urif.

Despite being nowhere near the illegal … Continue reading


Updated on February 12, 2013
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Ongoing attacks result in injuries and 17 miscarriages in Urif, West Bank

Posted on: January 29, 2013
Ongoing attacks result in injuries and 17 miscarriages in Urif, West Bank

29 January 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus, Occupied Palestine

The Israeli army and illegal settlers have been, on almost daily basis for the past two months, invading and attacking the village of Urif in the West Bank. A local doctor reports that these actions have inflicted 17 miscarriages only in the month of December, numerous injuries, sleep deprivation and significant disruption to life. The attacks occur day and night. Tear gas, rubber-coated steel bullets as well as live ammunition are routinely used by the army. The village has been the site of regular attacks over many years, but from early … Continue reading


Updated on January 29, 2013
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Settlers attack Urif and Qusra with guns, knives and stones

Posted on: January 11, 2013
Settler breaking olive trees in Urif

January 10th, 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Urif and Qusra, Occupied Palestine

As the villages around Nablus woke up to the rare scene of a snow-covered landscape, Israeli settlers violently attacked groups of youngsters playing with snow in the villages of Urif and Qusra. Two people were both hit in the leg by live bullets fired from settlers’ guns and six people were hospitalized because of rubber-coated steel bullets shot by the Israeli army.

In Urif, a group of thirty-five settlers came down the hills from the nearby Yizhar illegal settlement and attacked youth engaged in a snow-battle. One settler, who was … Continue reading


Updated on May 22, 2013
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Further incursions into Urif

Posted on: December 30, 2012
Further incursions into Urif

30 December 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, Urif, Occupied Palestine

International Solidarity Movement, Urif, Occupied Palestine – Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Urif for the fourth time in six days on Saturday 29th December.

Urif has been attacked by settlers from the nearby illegal settlement of Yizhar on every Saturday in the past few months. Armed settlers protected by soldiers go down the hills overlooking Urif and start throwing stones at the local school as well as homes situated on the outskirts of the village.
Yesterday, instead, a group of settlers stayed on … Continue reading


Updated on December 30, 2012
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Attacks on Urif continue, soldiers invade the village

Posted on: December 28, 2012
Attacks on Urif continue, soldiers invade the village

27 December 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, Urif, Occupied Palestine

Following three days of incessant attacks from Israeli soldiers and settlers on the village of Urif, south of Nablus,  around  seventy soldiers on ten military jeeps soldiers invaded the village at 9:30 this morning. They started firing tear gas on children aged three to six years that were leaving their school after having finished an exam. The whole village was put under curfew for a few hours.

International solidarity activists arrived in Urif to find scores of … Continue reading


Updated on May 22, 2013
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Urif under attack

Posted on: December 26, 2012
Urif under attack

26 December 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, Urif, Occupied Palestine
Over the past three days, the village of Urif, south of Nablus, has been under constant attack from Israeli settlers and soldiers. Soldiers invaded the village twice and numerous people sustained injuries from rubber-coated steel bullets and tear gas canisters. People in Urif said that settlers attack their village almost daily, especially now that Palestine has been granted observer member status in the UN.

Soldiers on the hills overlooking Urif
The … Continue reading


Updated on December 26, 2012
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Settlers set mosque on fire in Urif, West Bank

Posted on: November 19, 2012
The front of the mosque is seen here with scorch marks near the door

by Vincent Redheart and Anas Green

19th November 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank

Today, Monday 19 of November at around 4 am, a bunch of settlers from the illegal settlement of Yitzhar set a mosque in the village of Urif on fire. The door has been damaged and the prayer mats were severely burned. After a few hours Israeli soldiers reached the area causing several clashes with the inhabitants who appeared nervous due to the attack. The soldiers shot a huge amount of tear-gas and sound bombs at the residents.
The village of Urif has been attacked many times in … Continue reading


Updated on May 21, 2013
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Urif: Israeli settlers attack village, Palestinian shot in abdomen

Posted on: May 28, 2012
Israeli soldiers prevent Palestinians from putting out the fires started by Israeli settlers further up the hill - click here for more photos

By Tete Tele

26 May 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank
On May 26, the village of Urif, south of Nablus, was attacked by Israeli settlers from the illegal Yitzhar settlement. Extensive amounts of agricultural land belonging to Urif were burned and settlers threw stones and shot live ammunition at civilians from the village. A Palestinian man was shot with live ammunition in the abdomen and a Franco-British volunteer with the International Solidarity Movement was injured by a tear gas canister.
The attack began around 1p.m. with shooting coming from a hill east to the village, nearby to … Continue reading


Updated on June 4, 2012
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