Category: Reports
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Tuwani accompaniment reaps partial success, despite settler farce
by aspiringnomad On Saturday 18th November a group of Israeli and international human rights workers met up with Palestinian farmers to plow fields in the shadow of an illegal Israeli outpost near the village of Tuwani. The joint Israeli-international accompaniment hoped to discourage Israeli settler attacks, by splitting into four groups and plowing simultaneously so…
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Swedish human rights worker viciously attacked by Jewish extremists in Hebron
by ISM Hebron, November 18 UPDATE, November 22nd: Tove has been released from hospital and will return home soon. The Jerusalem Post has reported Swedish government dissatisfaction with the Israeli investigation into the attack on Tove: “The Swedish government is dissatisfied with Israel’s investigation of an attack in the contentious West Bank city of Hebron…
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Azzun Atma villagers protest against Apartheid Wall
by the Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, November 16th Detail of apartheid wall route map, courtesy of B’Tselem. On the November 16th, the Palestinian grassroots organized an event in Azzun Atma village, south Qalqiliya, against the continuing destruction of their land, which began on November 13th. Occupation forces aim to construct a second Wall that…
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Israeli settlers harrass olive-pickers in Hebron
by ISM Hebron, November 11 At 7.45am our neighbours, the Abu Haikels, began to pick olives from one of their trees, by which a Israeli military outpost is placed. At the same tree, we filmed settlers stealing olives two weeks ago. The Palestinians had to wait a week for the military and police to agree…
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HRW Assaulted by Settler in Hebron Olive Groves
by ISM Hebron At 11:30am three of us went to the olive groves to protect the Palestinian families living in isolated homes among the olive trees. Two settlers came towards us from the Seyaj House yelling abuse at us “Fuck Jesus. We killed Jesus and we’ll kill you too!” We began filming and kept ourselves…