Tag: Al Ma’asara

  • Israel to demolish two houses near Bethlehem

    28 January 2012 | WAFA News Agency Israeli forces delivered home demolition notices to two Palestinian homeowners in al-Ma’sara, a village south of Bethlehem, under the pretext that they were built without a permit in an area under full Israel control, said head of the village council Samir Zawahra on Saturday. He said Israeli soldiers…

  • Al Ma’asara refuses the road to illegal settlement activity

    Al Ma’asara refuses the road to illegal settlement activity

    10 December 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank This weeks’ demonstration in the village of Al-Maasara was attended by approximately forty peaceful protesters with twenty Palestinians and twenty internationals. As always during the protests in Al Ma’asara the protesters were confronted by a line of Israeli soldiers who refused to allow the Palestinians cross an…

  • New Israeli military tactic: Headbutting in Al- Ma’asara

    New Israeli military tactic: Headbutting in Al- Ma’asara

    by Alistair George 28 October 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank The Israeli military violently obstructed a peaceful demonstration against the Israeli separation wall in Al-Ma’sara, near Bethlehem, today. Around 25 Palestinians and a similar number of international observers marched from the village at 12:20 PM today and attempted to reach olive groves on…