Author: swing

  • Israeli forces impose collective punishment on Saffa village following attack on settler youth

    2 April 2008 Israeli forces imposed collective punishment on the village of Saffa, following an axe attack in a nearby settlement that left a Settler child dead and another injured. At around 1:30pm, dozens of soldiers entered the village, declaring a 24-hour curfew and preventing residents from leaving their homes. Israeli authorities have said that…

  • Thousands of dunums confiscated for Israeli settler road near Nablus

    Ma’an News Agency 2 April 2009 Israeli authorities issued orders to confiscate more than one thousand dunums of Palestinian lands of the village of Qaryut south of Nablus, head of the villages and municipal affairs office in Nablus Ghassan Daghlas said on Thursday. On the land a road will be constructed linking the three illegal…

  • List of actions in Palestine for Land Day and Global BDS Day

    Stop the Wall | Global BDS Movement 30 March 2009 The people in Palestine are mobilizing for the 32nd annual commemoration of Land Day, happening March 30. Land Day marks the date of the Palestinian demonstration that occurred in the Galilee against a wide-scale land confiscation, when Israeli forces killed 6 Palestinians, injured 96 and…

  • Settlers using government transition to step up construction

    Amos Harel | Ha’aretz 29 March 2009 Construction activity on West Bank settlements has increased in the transition period between the February general election and the formation of the new government, Haaretz has learned. One notable example is the extensive earthworks being carried out in preparation for the construction of a road connect the settlement…

  • Palestinians benefit as Israel-Turkey ties sour

    Jonathan Cook | The National 25 March 2009 A legal battle being waged by Palestinian families to stop the takeover of their neighbourhood in East Jerusalem by Jewish settlers has received a major fillip from the recent souring of relations between Israel and Turkey. After the Israeli army’s assault on the Gaza Strip in January,…