Tag: Asira al-Qibliya

  • New women’s center hosts educational Nakba commemoration event

    17th May 2013 | International Solidarity Movement | Asira Al-Qibliyyah, Occupied Palestine Team Nablus A new women’s center in Asira Al-Qibliyyah hosted an event for women and children in commemoration of the 65th anniversary of the Nakba, or “catastrophe.” Local women and children watched a short video of a Palestinian woman from Al-Kahlil (Hebron) speaking…

  • Farmers attacked by Israeli army and settlers, preventing them from planting olive trees in memory of Rachel Corrie

    12th March 2013 International Solidarity Movement, Occupied Palestine By Lisa Marchant Farmers peacefully planting olive trees in the land of Asira al Qiblya were today disrupted by Israeli soldiers who halted the planting. The presence of Palestinians on their own land also attracted the attention of illegal settlers from the nearby settlement of Yizhar, leading…

  • The most violent settlement in the West Bank encroaches on Asira al Qibliya

    27 January 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Asira al Qibliya, Occupied Palestine According to OCHA statistics Yizhar is the most violent settlement in the whole of the West Bank with 70 recorded incidents in 2011 alone. Every week there is at least one attack by Yizhar settlers in the six affected villages. Four months ago,…

  • Asira al-Qibliya: terrorizing settler attacks

    By Saffron 6 August 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Armed Israeli settlers reinforced by the Israeli military regularly assault the villagers if Asira al-Qibliya. The settlers come from nearby colonies built in violation of International law, raid Asira al-Qibliya, throw stones, and shoot live ammunition. The illegal settlers often enter Asira al-Qibliya, scream…

  • Settler Attack: Palestinian man shot in head in Asira al-Qibliya

    By Maria Erdely 20 May 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Asira al-Qibliya, a village located south-west of Nablus, was attacked by illegal Israeli settlers yesterday. The attack lasted all afternoon leaving 7 Palestinians injured, of which 5 required hospitalization. Settlers fired live ammunition at the Palestinians, and one man was in critical condition…