Category: Press Releases
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Palestinians and international human rights observers arrested in Masafer Yatta, occupied West Bank
July 7, 2024 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Israeli Occupation forces arrested three Palestinians, including a 14 year old child, together with three international (including a US citizen) and one Israeli human rights observers in at-Tuwani, Masafer Yatta, in the South Hebron Hills area. This morning, armed Israeli settler shepherds invaded Palestinian land with their flocks, provoked…
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Violence Erupts in Massafer Yatta: Illegal Settlers Attack Villagers and Destroy Property
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Violence Erupts in Massafer Yatta: Illegal Settlers Attack Villagers and Destroy Property By Dottie Lux, International Solidary Movement Masafer Yatta, July 4, 2024 — A wave of violence swept through the village of Khalet Al Daba’a in Masafer Yatta as settlers launched a series of attacks on local palestinians, culminating in severe…
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Israeli army and police escalate repression of human rights volunteers following Knesset hearing.
In the days since a March 12 Knesset hearing that demonized human rights activists in the West Bank, it appears that Israeli authorities have escalated their repression of volunteers in the Masafer Yatta region of the south Hebron Hills (West Bank). The aforementioned Knesset hearing, held in the “Subcommittee for Judea and Samaria,” was framed…
