Tag: Awarta

  • Nablus family home suffers brutal Israeli night raid

    Nablus family home suffers brutal Israeli night raid

    15th July 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Awarta, Occupied Palestine On Sunday, July 12, at 1:30 am, a group of 40 Israeli soldiers came into the village of Awarta circling and raiding the home of 22 year old Izzat Qawariq right before the family was preparing to go to sleep. His cousin…

  • Ongoing harassment and restrictions on farmers around Nablus

    Ongoing harassment and restrictions on farmers around Nablus

    12th March 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Burin, Salim, and Awarta, Occupied Palestine Early spring marks an important time of the year for farmers around Nablus, where critical work must be done to ensure a quality olive harvest in October. In high tension regions, where farmers risk settler attacks while accessing their land, District Coordination Offices…

  • Released after over 10 years in an Israeli prison

    Released after over 10 years in an Israeli prison

    22nd January 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Awarta, Occupied Palestine Two weeks after his release from prison, ISM activists had the opportunity to sit with Aiman Awwad and his friend, Samer Zaqah, in their hometown of Awarta. Aiman was arrested in June 2004, at the age of 20, and released in January…

  • Israeli settlers sabotage the olive harvest in Awarta

    Israeli settlers sabotage the olive harvest in Awarta

    23rd September 2014 | International Solidarity Movement | Awarta, Occupied Palestine On the 28th of August, around 7:00 a.m., Israeli settlers from the illegal settlement of Itamar cut down and burnt more than 30 olive trees belonging to Awarta village before the harvest. For the farmers living southeast of Nablus City, the olive trees are a basic,…

  • Israeli forces invade Awarta, ransacking teacher’s home

    Israeli forces invade Awarta, ransacking teacher’s home

    28th June 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Awarta, Occupied Palestine During the early morning hours of June 26, the Israeli army invaded the village of Awarta, 8 km south of Nablus in the northern part of the West Bank. According to witnesses, between 150 and 200 soldiers entered Awarta just after midnight and raided approximately…