Category: Reports
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Settlers invade Khan Al Luban
By Alex Marley 17 August 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank At around 10:30 p.m., a group of Israeli settlers from the nearby illegal settlement of Ma’ale Levona arrived in Khan Al Luban, a Palestinian hamlet located in the vicinity of Al Luban village. Armed with guns and wooden sticks, the settlers broke into a…
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Ethnic cleansing on the road to an Israeli colony
By Marshall Pinkerton 15 August 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank For the past four years, Khalid al-Sanih Daraghmah and his family have faced regular attacks by Israeli settlers at their home in Khan, 2 kilometers south of the West Bank village al-Luban. When Khalid bought the two homes on the road to the…
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Nabi Saleh: “The resistance is for our kids’ future”
By Markus Fitzgerald 15 August 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On the evening of July 26, social media lit up with messages from residents of the village Nabi Saleh. “Four army jeeps and around 20 soldiers standing at the entrance” tweeted Manal Tamimi, and later, “for the third day (in a [row]) the…
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Hebron: settler illegally enters Palestinian home
By Lucy Diamond 9 August 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On the evening of August 2, an Israeli settler illegally entered a Palestinian home in Hebron, drawing the presence of the Israeli army which encouraged her to leave. Rather than face any consequences, the settler left the scene and a Palestinian man was…
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Asira al-Qibliya: terrorizing settler attacks
By Saffron 6 August 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Armed Israeli settlers reinforced by the Israeli military regularly assault the villagers if Asira al-Qibliya. The settlers come from nearby colonies built in violation of International law, raid Asira al-Qibliya, throw stones, and shoot live ammunition. The illegal settlers often enter Asira al-Qibliya, scream…