Category: Nablus
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Israeli settlers and soldiers invade Balata refugee camp
20th September 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus team | Occupied Palestine On the 17th of September, under heavy Israeli army protection, Israeli settlers from nearby illegal settlements entered Nablus with the aim of praying at Joseph’s tomb in Balata refugee camp. Just after midnight, the Israeli army closed the district that surrounds the monument, blocking all the…
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Israel army cuts electricity to Kufr Qaddum, six villagers dependant on oxygen machines evacuated to hospital
14th September 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Kufr Qaddum, Occupied Palestine Kufr Qaddum was without the electricity since 11pm on Thursday night. Six villagers who are dependant on oxygen machines have been evacuated to the nearby hospital in Nablus. The following morning, at the Friday village demonstration, a young man was hit in…
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The arrest of Burin activist Ghassan Najjar
10th September 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus team | Burin, Occupied Palestine The prominent activist from the West Bank village of Burin, and member of Solidarity Movement for Free Palestine, Ghassan Najjar, was taken by the Israeli army from his home in the early hours of the morning on the 27th August. He was transferred to…
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Army incursions into Madama
9th September 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus team | Madama, Occupied Palestine We arrived in Madama yesterday, 8th September; in the early afternoon after we were told that during the night Israeli army invaded this village, and the nearby villages of Burin and Asira Al Qibliya. Our contact told us that the main road leading to…
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One injured in Kufr Qaddum protest
7th September 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus team | Kufr Qaddum, Occupied Palestine Since 2011, villagers from Kufr Qaddum demonstrate each Friday against the Israeli military. The village of Kufr Qaddum has had much land stolen by the nearby illegal settlement of Qedumim and in 2003 the main road connecting Kufr Qaddum to city of Nablus…
