9 September 2009 On Wednesday 9 September 2009 the villages of Urif and Asira al Qibliya south of Nablus, came under attack from settlers from the nearby illegal Yitzhar settlement. At approximately 2pm, 10 settler youth, half of them masked ...
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Settlement expansion seeing biggest boost since 2003
Amos Harel | Ha’aretz 7 May 2009 West Bank construction has been accelerating for several months, putting Israel on a collision course with a U.S. administration taking a hard line on settlement expansion. A new outpost, new roads, and other ...
Read More »Peace Now: Settlements expanded faster in 2008
On day US Mideast envoy arrives in Israel, Peace Now movement publishes report on settlement expansion activity last year. Yesha Council pleased with ‘documentation of Zionist enterprise’ Efrat Weiss | Ynet Jewish settlements and outposts in the West Bank expanded ...
Read More »Israeli soldiers abduct four Palestinians from Madama village, steal jewellery and money
On the second day of the Israeli massacres of Gaza, Dec. 29, several homes were invaded by the Israeli Army in the town of Madama, east of Nablus. Four men were arrested and homes were damaged in an invasion unusual ...
Read More »Second arson attack in Burin in a week
For the second time in one week, Palestinian firefighters were called to put out a fire in Burin, a village south of Nablus. According to eyewitnesses, at approximately 3pm, on Thursday 6th November, Israeli settlers from the nearby illegal settlement ...
Read More »Settlers burn Palestinian land in Burin
Many acres of land were burnt in the village of Burin on Thursday 30th October, in what appeared to be an arson attack by settlers from nearby Bracha settlement. The attack came at approximately 2pm, when Palestinian farmers and international ...
Read More »Armed settlers burn farmers equipment in Burin
On the morning of October 25th, two Palestinian farmers from Burin arrived in their fields to harvest olives only to discover their farming equipment and one olive tree burnt by settlers from the illegal Israeli settlement of Bracha. A total ...
Read More »Settlers engaged in “price-tag” campaign
There has been a noticeable surge in attacks by Israeli settlers throughout the West Bank over the past few months, with a large percentage of those attacks coming from the illegal settlements in the Nablus region. Residents of the Palestinian ...
Read More »Settlers torch hundreds of olive trees around Nablus region
Israeli settlers torched olive groves in two arson attacks in villages to the south of Nablus on Thursday 18th September, 2008. Approximately 300 trees belonging to the village of Sarra, and another 30 trees belonging to farmers from villages of ...
Read More »Join the 2008 Olive Harvest Campaign
Farm Against Apartheid With rapidly escalating levels of settler violence in the West Bank, the International Solidarity Movement is issuing an urgent call for volunteers to participate in its 2008 Olive Harvest Campaign. The olive tree is a national symbol ...
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