Category: Reports
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Escalating harassment from settlers in Hebron
On 9th August 2008 15:48 At around 15:30 three donkeys which had been stolen by settlers in the morning were released by Palestinians under protection from Israeli police. This took place on land that has been occupied by settlers illegaly for 5 months. The land is owned by Palestinians and has grape, olive and almond…
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Noise demonstration in Ni’lin
At 6.30pm on Saturday August the 9th villagers of Ni’lin accompanied by Israelis and internationals walked to their fields to have a noise demonstration against the nearby settlement of Hashmonaim. The settlement was built in 1981 on 8000 dunums of land belonging to the farmers of Ni’lin. The demonstrators built rock road blocks on the…
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Israeli forces spray protesters in Ni’lin with unknown substance
At 1pm on Friday the 8th August the citizens of Ni’lin gathered as usual to pray on their land. They were prevented from reaching the usual site of their Friday prayer by around twenty Israeli soldiers with dogs, and so had to pray in a field very close to the village while being watched by…