Author: swing

  • Backed by their army, settlers bid for expansion in three locations

    Ma’an News 8 August 2009 Israeli settlers launched a series of actions on Friday in a bid to take over more West Bank land from Palestinians. In the city of Hebron settlers began planting Palestinian-owned land under military guard in an apparent takeover attempt. Settlers from the illegal Israeli colony of Kiryat Arba moved on…

  • Sheikh Jarrah: another day sleeping under the sky

    Alternative Information Center 6 August 2009 The neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, housing about 500 Palestinians in East Jerusalem is under siege. Armed forces have been stationed here since early Sunday morning when the Hannoun and Gawi families were forcibly evicted from their homes by as many as 500 police officers. Now it’s a waiting game.…

  • Israeli settlers arson Palestinian land in al-Bueri

    2 August 2009 Settlers occupying an illegal outpost near al-Bueri in Hebron District set alight four fields of grape-vines belonging to local Palestinian families just weeks before the grape harvest season is due to begin. On Saturday residents raised the alarm as the blaze began to spread shortly after midday on land owned by the…

  • Israeli soldiers harass Susiyan herder

    1 August 2009 Yesterday while grazing his sheep, a Palestinian shepherd in Suseya near Yatta, was harrassed and threatened by two Israeli soldiers from a nearby military outpost. Jamal suffers daily from this type of harrassment on his own land. The soldiers forced him off his own land. Shortly before Jamal was due to take…

  • Israeli settlers arson Palestinian land in al-Bueri

    2 August 2009 Settlers occupying an illegal outpost near al-Bueri in Hebron District set alight four fields of grape-vines belonging to local Palestinian families just weeks before the grape harvest season is due to begin. On Saturday residents raised the alarm as the blaze began to spread shortly after midday on land owned by the…