• IWPS: Israeli army imposes curfew as settlers raid the village of Kafr ad Dik

    To view the International Women’s Peace Service (IWPS) website click here Date of incident: September 27th – September 28th 2008 Place: Kafr ad Dik, Salfit Witness/es: Residents of Kafr ad Dik and IWPS volunteers At approximately 4:00 in the morning on September 27th, the Israeli army entered the Salfit village of Kafr ad Dik and imposed a curfew. According to residents of the village, soldiers forcibly entered a number of homes, but after a few hours…

  • Israel’s ‘lenient’ Ramadan checkpoint policy in action

    Harassment of Palestinians at Asira al Shamalia checkpoint, Nablus On Saturday 27 September International activists witnessed a number of Israeli soldiers and jeeps checking Palestinian vehicles at Asira al Shamalia checkpoint, creating large tailbacks at 17:30 in the run up to Ifta (the breaking of the day long fast during the Holy month of Ramadan). Checkpoint Asira al Shamalia is the access point from Nablus city to the surrounding villages in the north and is normally…

  • Prayer demonstration against illegal waste dump in Deir Sharaf

    On Friday 24 September, the last Friday of Ramadan, over 100 villagers from Qusin, Deir Sharaf and international activists gathered to take part in a symbolic prayer on occupied land north of Nablus city. In 2002 Israel confiscated the land from the Abu Shusha family, owner of the quarry in the area where the waste dump is proposed. After rubbish from local settlements around Nablus where deposited on the land villagers successfully demonstrated to have the…

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