Tag: As Sawiya

  • Village in Focus: As Sawiya

    Village in Focus: As Sawiya

    25th January 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | As Sawiya, Occupied Palestine On January 24th, 2015, ISM activists visited As Sawiya, a Palestinian village located near Salfit. The village is home to around 3,500 people.  Seven mountains surround the village; much of the land is occupied by three illegal Israeli settlements – Eli,…

  • Palestinian school set on fire

    Palestinian school set on fire

    21st September 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus team |As-Sawia, Occupied Palestine On the evening of the 10th September, unknown assailants broke into the As-Sawia Secondary School, forced open the door and set the school on fire. Bedouins living close to the school saw the fire and alerted the fire brigade. By the time it was put…

  • 17 years old arrested at school in Al Sawiya

    5th March 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Team Nablus | Al Sawiya, Occupied Palestine On Monday March 3rd, in the early afternoon, Obada Muhammad Saleh, a 17 years old Palestinian was arrested by the Israeli Forces in his school in Al Sawiya. Around 1pm last Monday, was school children were leaving Al Sawiya’s school, ten…