Tag: Aqraba
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Settlers attack farmer, kill sheep in Aqraba
2nd August 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Aqraba, Occupied Palestine At 530pm on July 30th three settlers from the illegal settlement of Itamar violently attacked a farmer from the village of Aqraba, south east of Nablus. Four farmers from the village had spent the day grazing their more than 500 sheep on…
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Prelude to land theft: a livelihood trashed in Aqraba
21st May 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Team Nablus | Aqraba, Occupied Palestine Seven hundred olive trees were uprooted first thing in the morning of 16th May while a bulldozer got to work destroying the farmer’s concrete water storage facility and surrounding dry stone walls and fences in Aqraba. The Israeli army, who did some…
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Reflections on a brief exchange in the aftermath of a home demolition, 4 December 2012
by Jeff Berryhill 5 December 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank The pain and anguish on the woman’s face was penetrating. Earlier this morning two Israeli military jeeps, one civil administration vehicle, and a bulldozer had arrived at her home with orders to level the structure. This is in spite of ongoing legal proceedings…
