Category: Reports
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Kiryat Arba settlers throw party on privately owned Palestinian land
At 1:40pm a group of international human rights workers received a call from a Palestinian man, Anan Jabouri, who lives on land he owns directly next to Kiryat Arba settlement. Jabouri told a local Palestinian resident, and member of ISM, that a large group of Israeli settlers had set up a tent on his land…
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Tulkarm Struggles Against the Wall, Settlements and Israeli Chemical Factories
The Tulkarm area covers the city of Tulkarm and 31 villages in its surrounding areas. In this area live approximately 180,000 inhabitants. About 45,000 live in the city itself, 18,000 live the larger refugee camp and 8,000 in the smaller camp. Tulkarm is only 13 km away from the Mediterranean Sea by the Israeli town…
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Soldiers Arrest Palestinian for Walking on His Own Land
A Palestinian living in the Hebron region was passing through his land on the 11th of August, 2007, when 5 soldiers ordered him to stop. The soldiers told the Palestinian that it was not his land, however when he asked for papers to prove the soldiers’ claim, he was arrested and taken to a military…
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Nighttime Invasions in Nablus
15.08.2007 This morning at 7AM human rights workers rushed to the other side of Nablus in Ta’awun Street where 8 homes had been taken over by the Israeli army. They joined the medical assistance relief team that had already arrived at the scene. 10-15 military vehicles and a bulldozer were in the street. In this…
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Nablus: Occupation Forces Use Family Home As Sniper Post
Nablus: Occupation Forces Use Family Home As Sniper Post At around 7:50pm a group of seven internationals were alerted to a house occupation by Israeli forces which had lasted for almost 20 hours. Israeli soldiers occupied the home of the Dwakat family, which consists of 2 brothers, Muhammed 28 years old and Hamed 29 years…