• 24 year old man from Iraq Burin shot by teargas canister at close range

    8 May 2011 | International Solidarity Movement Yesterday afternoon, 24 year old Abdalah Aadus from the village of Iraq Burin was taken to hospital after being shot in the side by a teargas canister which was fired from close range. Abdalah had been participating in a demonstration against the theft of his village’s agricultural land by settlers.   At 15.00, approximately 40 villagers from Iraq Burin gathered and started walking from the village towards their land…

  • Israeli forced demolish tent village in the South Hebron Hills

    7 May 2011 | Christian Peacemaker Teams On Friday, May 6, the Israeli military declared the area of Amniyr, a Palestinian village south of Yatta, a closed military zone and chased away the families who own the land, after demolishing structures and trees on the land the day before. The demolitions at 5 a.m. on Thursday, May 5, when the military destroyed six shacks and uprooted 150 olive trees in Amniyr. On Friday, the Palestinians of…

  • Bedouin hamlet destroyed for 3rd time

    Bedouin hamlet destroyed for 3rd time

    5 May 2011 | Maan News Women of the Bedouin herding hamlet of Khirbet Amniyr sat on the earth and watched Israeli forces demolish their 12 tent homes for the third time on Thursday morning. The women said they were waiting for the soldiers to leave so they could rebuild their tent homes and once again re-establish their lives and livlihoods. Amniyr, south of Yatta in the southern West Bank, is said to be located in…

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