Tag: Arrests
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Visit to Awarta
29 April 2011 | Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh We finally toured the devastated village of Awarta Wednesday and were stunned at what we saw and heard. On the way, we stopped by a tiny village called Izbet Al-tabib, a village of 350 people was served with a new order by the Israeli military to take over…
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Views from the Jordan Valley
19 April 2011 | Jack Curry The cluster of Jordan Valley villages located around Fasayil offer a twisted microcosm of the fickle barbarity of Israel’s illegal occupation. Families who seemingly share land, live side by side with no separation except the invisible borders enshrined in Israel’s military law. Yet, as you tread amongst the stones…
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Teenage girl released from prison: Awarta
15 April 2011 | International Solidarity Movement Late on Thursday afternoon sixteen year old Julia Manzen Awwad arrived back to the village of Awarta, following her release from Israeli military prison. She had been detained for five days after being arrested by force during an army raid on her family home in the early hours…
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Family of 20; women and children, locked up for 11 hours without food or water in latest Awarta raid
13 April 2011 | International Solidarity Movement In the latest military raid in the village of Awarta, south of Nablus, 20 members of the Awwad family were forced to sit outside in the cold for four hours, guarded by soldiers, before they all were locked inside one room for another seven hours. During the whole…
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14 year old girl taken in the latest wave of Awarta arrests
11 April 2011 | International Solidarity Movement On Saturday night the Israeli army once again raided Awarta, putting the village under curfew for the fifth time since the murder in the illegal settlement of Itamar on 11th March. Awarta is situated next to Itamar and has endured a constant military presence for a month now.…
