• Serra: Settlers Threaten Palestinian Woman With Death

    Zaynab Turabi, a 60 year old woman, lives alone with her sons in a small village called Serra. From her house she can look towards the mountain on the other side of the valley, where she has her 10 dunums of land. In order to access it she has to pass a road that now only settlers and the military can use. A settlement was built 6 years ago on the top of the mountain next…

  • AFP: Israel settlement builder in dire straits

    Published August 3, 2007 By AFP Heftsiba, one of Israel’s largest firms building settlements in the occupied West Bank, is in danger of closing, according to media reports Friday. The company, which specializes in constructing inexpensive accommodation for ultra-Orthodox families, is in debt to the tune of $200 million, the reports said. Heftsiba has now had to halt work on thousands of homes at the settlements of Betar Ilit, Modiin Ilit, and Ma’aleh Adumim in the…

  • 5 Birzeit students arrested as Israeli army continues to target student population

    Original Article Link Right to Education Campaign, Birzeit University, 1 August 2007 In the last 3 days, 5 Birzeit University students were arrested by the Israeli army, most of whom belong to the university’s Student Council. The detainees are; Eyad Omar Abu Arqub, Fadi Yunis Jaber, Jalal Hosni Abu Khaled, Omar Abdelrazaq Abdellatif (all members of the Student Council) and Ahmad Mahmoud Hassan. The men were taken at night from their respective residences, 3 from their…

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