Year: 2013
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Increase in military and settler violence against Palestinians in the South Hebron Hills
31th May 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil Team | South Hebron Hills, Occupied Palestine During the last week Israeli military presence has increased dramatically in the area which Israel designates as Firing Zone 918, in the occupied West Bank. In recent days, military vehicles and helicopters have been surrounding villages in the area, including…
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Arson attack on Asira village by illegal settlement of Yitzhar
30th May 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Asira, Occupied Palestine At 1.30pm today, 30th May, thirty settlers from the illegal settlement of Yitzhar trespassed on to land above the village of Asira, lighting fires and throwing rocks at around seventy villagers who came to extinguish the flames and defend their village. Israeli…
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Villages of Hares and Kifl Hares resist insult and injury from the “Ariel Finger”
30th May 2013 | International Women’s Peace Service | Hares & Kifl Hares, Salfit, Occupied Palestine Thursday, 30th May 2013, roads to the villages of Hares and Kifl Hares (Salfit District) were blocked for three hours by the Israeli military. Za’tara checkpoint was closed in both directions from Ramallah and Nablus; there were also numerous…
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Israeli forces demolish Jerusalem building, displace thirteen
29th May 2013 | Coalition for Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Occupied Palestine Israeli Forces demolished an apartment building in Beit Hanina, Jerusalem, on May 29, 2013, displacing thirteen members of the Al-Salaymeh family. Badran Al-Salameh attempted previously to obtain a permit for his two-story building, constructed in 2000, but was unsuccessful and subsequently fined a total…
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Collective punishment of Kufr Qaddum by the Israeli military for political activity
29th May 2013 | International Women’s Peace Service | Kafr Qaddum, Occupied Palestine Early on Monday 27 May at 1:30AM three Israeli border police jeeps entered the village of Kufr Qaddum. The border police made their presence known to the villagers by driving slowly through the town center. Additionally, the following night, Tuesday 28 May,…
