Category: Reports

  • Six injured as settlers attack farmers in Qusra

    23 January 2011 | International Women’s Peace Service On January 23, the residents of Qusra organised an action to reclaim village land, which settlers had attempted to confiscate. Four volunteers from IWPS attended, at the request of the village, who asked for an international presence due to settler attacks the previous week, which left six villagers…

  • Protests continue in An Nabi Saleh

    14 January 2011 | International Solidarity Movement On Friday, the weekly demonstration was again held in the village of An Nabi Saleh. The situation in the village is getting worse: from 6 o´clock in the morning soldiers closed the newly installed gate at the checkpoint so that nobody could enter the village. This makes it…

  • Collective punishment continues as army raids Nabi Saleh

    13 January 2011 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee From the hours of 12:00 until 03:00 last night, soldiers raided eighteen houses in the village of Nabi Saleh. Soldiers, in full combat equipment, raided the houses in order to photograph people, mostly young men, and check ID cards. No arrests were made. However, the intentions of…

  • Thirteen homes and three school buildings destroyed by Israeli forces

    12 January 2011 | International Solidarity Movement More than 13 homes and three school buildings were bulldozed this morning by occupation forces in the small Bedouin village of Dkaika near Yatta south of Hebron. One eye witness – an English teacher at the school – said “the Israeli army arrived at the village at around…

  • Israeli navy confiscates two boats of abducted fisherman

    9 January 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza In one week’s time, the Israeli Navy has twice abducted fishermen from Gazan waters; they were released the same day, but their boats remain confiscated. Abduction of Baker fishermen on January 4th On Tuesday morning, January 4th, Mohammed ‘Abdul Qader Baker (54), Ziad Mohammed Baker (25), Mohammed…