Author: ISM Media
-
Villagers in Yasouf plough land near Za’tara checkpoint despite settler harassment
31 December 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, Yasouf, Occupied Palestine For the last 11 years the villagers of Yasouf were denied entry to their land next to the road by Za’tara checkpoint. This land used to provide the village with much of what was needed in terms of vegetables. Over the last week they have successfully worked some of…
-
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.…
-
Palestinian facing charges after settler violence in Madama
28 December 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, Urif and Madama, Occupied Palestine This week the settlers and soldiers based at the Yizhar settlement have been attacking the village of Urif on a daily basis, firing tear gas on school children, attacking farmers working their land, and imposing unannounced curfews on the village. The villagers of Urif…
-
A call from Palestine to the EU four years after Israel’s 2008 war on Gaza
27 December 2012 | Occupied Palestine To take action click: https://palsolidarity.org/timeforjustice/ On the fourth anniversary of Israel’s 2008-2009 war on Gaza in which it killed 1400 Palestinians including 300 children, a call urging EU citizens to ask their representatives to suspend the EU’s trade agreements with Israel, until it complies with international law has been…
-
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…