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Israeli forces invade Bil’in, seize two teenagers

Ma’an News 29 June 2009 Seventy Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank village of Bil’in at 2:30am on Monday morning, raiding houses and eventually abducting two teenage boys. According to Iyad Burnat of the village’s Popular Committee, local and international activists (with the International Solidarity Movement) confronted the soldiers, who then declared the entire village a “closed military zone,” threatening anyone who leaves their house with arrest. Burnat said that 16-year-olds Mohsen Khatib and Hamoda Yasin…

June 29, 2009

IWPS: Israeli forces invade village, abduct youth

International Women’s Peace Service 28 June 2009 At 1:30 a.m. on Sunday, June 28th, the village of Azzun in Qalqiliya governorate was invaded by 120 soldiers looking for a wanted teenager. After entering and ransacking three homes, they entered a fourth through the back door after throwing rocks at the door and adjacent window. There they found the youth for whom they were searching: a 16-year-old high-school student who was apprenticing with his father over the…

June 29, 2009

IWPS: Twelve new house-demolition orders delivered in the village of Deir Ballut

International Women’s Peace Service 29 June 2009 Twelve new demolition orders were delivered at houses in the Salfit village of Deir Ballut on June 15th, 2009. The papers were left at their homes, most of which are still under construction. Two of the homes are already occupied. Five of the homeowners have a court hearing on July 5th, 2009 and seven on July 16th, 2009. Lawyers have told the families that they must make an application…

June 29, 2009