Category: Reports
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Hebron, Iraq Burin, Beit Ommar rise up
West Bank protests on Saturday 7 August 2010 Hebron On Saturday August 7th Palestinians were joined by Israeli and international protesters to demonstrate against the settlements and to demand the opening of Shuhada Street. About 60 people gathered to march to the gate closing off Shuhada Street. There they were met by soldiers and border…
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Protests across the West Bank
International Solidarity Movement, August 6th, 2010 An Nabi Salih: This Friday, August 6th, around 100 Palestinians, Israelis and internationals took part in An Nabi Salih’s weekly nonviolent demonstration against the illegal Halamish settlement’s theft of the village’s land and water supply. Regardless of the illegality of firing tear gas projectiles at body height, a practice…
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CPT: Settlers Heat Up the Air in Al Bweireh
Christian Peacemaker Team – Hebron Since approximately 2000, the Israeli Military and nearby settlers have set in place an iron gate across the road leading to Al Bweireh. They have also positioned a huge several-ton rock perhaps 25 meters from the barrier gate on the same road and another gigantic heap of rock and earth…
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CPT: Palestinian fence damaged in village in At-Tuwani area
Christian Peacemaker Team – At-Tuwani & Operation Dove On the morning of Wednesday, 4 August, Palestinians from At-Tuwani found that their fence built between the village and the nearby Havat Ma’on settler outpost had been partially destroyed during the night. The fence, made from cemented metal supports and barbed wire, was funded by European Commission…
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Israel demolishes rebuilt Jordan Valley houses
International Solidarity Movement This morning, Thursday 5th August, the Israeli Civil Administration authorities in the Jordan valley demolished the village of Al Farisiya for the second time in two weeks. This morning at 6:30 the army arrived in the village with two bulldozers and 13 jeeps, evacuated the villagers and destroyed 26 homes in one…
