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Settlers attack Burin olive farmers
16 October 2010 | International Solidarity Movement Today farmers in Burin, a village located south of Nablus, were forced to abandon their olive harvesting when about one hundred settlers came down to their fields. The settlers came from the illegal settlement of Bracha, Yitzhar and from the outpost located on another hilltop. Villagers reported that the settlers threw rocks and shot slingshots, aiming to hit the farming families and children. One farmer was hit by a…
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Weekly demonstration report
FRIDAY October 15, 2010 Report on An Nabi Saleh by May Yesterday the village of An Nabi Saleh was transformed into a war zone, with Palestinian villagers and about fifteen International Peace activists trapped within the village behind a checkpoint for five-and-a-half hours. Soldiers shot at these non-violent activists with live ammunition, rubber-coated steel bullets, tear gas cannons, and sound bombs. One Palestinian man was shot twice in the leg, and several children needed medical treatment…
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Israel begins expanding settlement in Jenin
Saturday, October 16th, 2010 | Ma’an News Agency JENIN (Ma’an) — Israel began large-scale digging works on Saturday in preparation for the expansion of an illegal settlement in the northern West Bank district of Jenin. Residents of the Ya’bad village, on which the Shaqed settlement is built, said bulldozers entered on Saturday and began razing village land to make way for several new housing units. The expansion follows the expiration of a partial settlement moratorium in…
Action Alert An Nabi Saleh Apartheid Wall Arrests BDS Bethlehem Bil'in Cast Lead Demonstration Denial of Entry Ethnic Cleansing Farmers Gaza Global Actions Hebron House Demolition International law Israeli Army Jerusalem Live Ammunition Nablus Ni'lin Prisoner Ramallah Rubber-coated steel bullets Settlement Settlers Settler violence Tear-Gas Canister Video