Tag: Arrests
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Khan Al Luban: Settlers invade again
By Alex Marley 18 August | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On Saturday August 11, 2012 the same events of three days earlier repeated themselves in Khan Al Luban. A group of 4 illegal Israeli settlers, from Ma’ale Levona, armed with guns and wooden sticks, came into Khan al Luban at 10:30 p.m. The settlers yet…
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Israeli military beats and arrests journalists, suppresses Kufr Qaddoum demonstration
By Marshall Pinkerton and Alma Reventos 18 August | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On Friday, August 17, 5 were injured and 8 arrested during the weekly protest in Kufr Qaddoum. Israeli soldiers fired tear-gas canisters, rubber-coated steel bullets, and beat protesters with wooden sticks. The village experienced an unprecedented amount of violence during the peaceful…
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Ethnic cleansing on the road to an Israeli colony
By Marshall Pinkerton 15 August 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank For the past four years, Khalid al-Sanih Daraghmah and his family have faced regular attacks by Israeli settlers at their home in Khan, 2 kilometers south of the West Bank village al-Luban. When Khalid bought the two homes on the road to the…
