Category: Nablus
-
Nablus: 2 youth arrested during night raids into Burin
by Lydia 13 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On Monday, 12 March at 9pm, the soldiers were making themselves comfortable yet again in the village of Burin. Around 6 jeeps entered and 10 jeeps surrounded the village. It seemed for a while it was just another evening of playground antics with the…
-
Beit Dajan gears up for continued resistance
by Robin 15 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On the 14th of March 2012 two internationals from ISM went to Beit Dajan to talk about the recent upstart of demonstrations in the village. We met with Naser Abu Jaish who is the administrative manager in the municipality. Beit Dajan is a village…
-
Beit Furik, Nablus: Family unable to attend funeral for son killed in recent Gaza air strikes
by Jonas Weber 13 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank “We called him Nassr, but I think his real name was Mahmoud,” says Ahmed while we were on the bus from the Beit Furik municipality building. Outside the bus window, the walls of the little town just outside of Nablus are plastered with…
-
After much injustice, Beit Dajan debuts its peaceful resistance
by Jonas Weber 9 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Several hundred villagers gathered today in Beit Dajan to the first ever demonstration against the roadblock that has been obstructing access to the village since the beginning of the second Intifada. The peaceful demonstration was met with a heavy tear gas from the Israeli military. Since 2000, the…
-
Bruqin: International Women’s Day Demonstration for Hana Shalabi
by Jeff 8 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Yesterday, several hundred people traveled from around the West Bank to the village of Bruqin to mark the occasion of International Women’s Day and protest against Israel’s continued imprisonment and confinement of hunger striker Hana Shalabi. Bruqin is Shalabi’s home village, and the…
