13th December 2018 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Asira Al Qibliya, Nablus, occupied Palestine “This is the line,” Oussam Khalifa Ahmad illustrates as he takes us on a tour of his threatened land. “We are now passing into ...
Read More »Interview: ISM speaks to Hakima Motlaq about a recent soldier and settler attack on the village of Asira
26th August 2018 | International Solidarity Movement, interview by Mariana | Asira al-Qibliya, occupied Palestine Asira al-Qibliya is a village near Nablus that has been terrorised by the illegal Ytzhar settlement since 1982. In any moment of the day or night, ...
Read More »Eight shebab [youths] kidnapped in Asira al-Qibliya
2nd June 2014 | International Women’s Peace Service | Asira al-Qibliya, Occupied Palestine At around 2 am on Sunday night, five Israeli military jeeps, three large military vehicles, and some 30 soldiers on foot arrived in the village of Asira al-Qibliya (south of Nablus). ...
Read More »Asira Attacked 4 Nights in a Row
7th May 2014 | International Women’s Peace Service | Asira al-Qibliya, Occupied Palestine Israeli army raided the village of Asira al-Qibliya (south of Nablus) at 1 am on 5 May, arresting a 21-year-old, brutally assaulting his uncle, and terrorising the family’s children with attack ...
Read More »The remains of martyr Ahmad Saleh finally returned to family
20th March 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Asira al-Qibliya, Occupied Palestine In June 2002, Israeli soldiers assassinated 18-year-old Ahmad Saleh from the village of Asira al-Qibliya after he entered the illegal settlement of Yizhar. Ahmad’s body was ...
Read More »An interview with Hakima Hasan Motlaq on positive resistance and women’s empowerment in the village of Asira al-Qibliya
6th December 2013 | International Solidarity Movement | Asira al-Qibliya, Occupied Palestine Could you tell us a bit about yourself? My name is Hakima Hasan Motlaq and I am from Asira al-Qibliya where I have always lived. It is south of ...
Read More »Attacks on Asira: Occupation stealing childhoods
19th August 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Asira al Qibliya, Occupied Palestine In the evenings of the 15th and 16th of August, the village of Asira al Qibliya was raided by Israeli occupation forces, who fired teargas ...
Read More »Settler harassment continues in Asira’s Water reservoir project
4th August 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Asira al Qibliya , Occupied Palestine This week, settlers from Yitzhar attacked the Asira village water project and its workers, once again. Israeli occupation forces who went to the scene ...
Read More »UPDATED: Illegal settler colonisers attack workers in Asira
17th June 2013 | International Women’s Peace Service | Asira al Qibliya , Occupied Palestine UPDATE 19th June: Settlers from the illegal settlement of Yizhar again attacked the water reservoir project in Asira. At 4pm on the 19th of June ...
Read More »Arson attack on Asira village by illegal settlement of Yitzhar
30th May 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Asira, Occupied Palestine At 1.30pm today, 30th May, thirty settlers from the illegal settlement of Yitzhar trespassed on to land above the village of Asira, lighting fires and throwing rocks ...
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