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Villagers in Yasouf plough land near Za’tara checkpoint despite settler harassment
31 December 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, Yasouf, Occupied Palestine For the last 11 years the villagers of Yasouf were denied entry to their land next to the road by Za’tara checkpoint. This land used to provide the village with much of what was needed in terms of vegetables. Over the last week they have successfully worked some of this land, but not without harassment. On Wednesday, when the villagers first attempted to plant corn in their fields, inhabitants of the…
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Further incursions into Urif
30 December 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, Urif, Occupied Palestine International Solidarity Movement, Urif, Occupied Palestine – Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Urif for the fourth time in six days on Saturday 29th December. Urif has been attacked by settlers from the nearby illegal settlement of Yizhar on every Saturday in the past few months. Armed settlers protected by soldiers go down the hills overlooking Urif and start throwing stones at the local school as well…
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Palestinian facing charges after settler violence in Madama
28 December 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, Urif and Madama, Occupied Palestine This week the settlers and soldiers based at the Yizhar settlement have been attacking the village of Urif on a daily basis, firing tear gas on school children, attacking farmers working their land, and imposing unannounced curfews on the village. The villagers of Urif said that a security guard named Jacob from Yizhar was one of those who provoked these events. Jacob is the tall…
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