12th July 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Awarta, Occupied Palestine On the morning of Thursday 11th July, villagers from Awarta found that 1,500 of their olive trees had been cut down over the last month by settlers ...
Read More »Land confiscation continues in Awarta
24th June 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Awarta, Occupied Palestine Awarta, a small village south east of Nablus, faces constant intimidation from the Israeli army and nearby Itamar settlement. In the past month, the Israeli Civil Administration ...
Read More »Visit to Awarta
29 April 2011 | Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh We finally toured the devastated village of Awarta Wednesday and were stunned at what we saw and heard. On the way, we stopped by a tiny village called Izbet Al-tabib, a village of ...
Read More »Teenage girl released from prison: Awarta
15 April 2011 | International Solidarity Movement Late on Thursday afternoon sixteen year old Julia Manzen Awwad arrived back to the village of Awarta, following her release from Israeli military prison. She had been detained for five days after being ...
Read More »Family of 20; women and children, locked up for 11 hours without food or water in latest Awarta raid
13 April 2011 | International Solidarity Movement In the latest military raid in the village of Awarta, south of Nablus, 20 members of the Awwad family were forced to sit outside in the cold for four hours, guarded by soldiers, ...
Read More »14 year old girl taken in the latest wave of Awarta arrests
11 April 2011 | International Solidarity Movement On Saturday night the Israeli army once again raided Awarta, putting the village under curfew for the fifth time since the murder in the illegal settlement of Itamar on 11th March. Awarta is ...
Read More »Women and elderly taken in the latest Awarta raids
07 April 2011 | International Solidarity Movement At approximately 10.00pm last night the army once again entered the village of Awarta, throwing sound-bombs into the streets and declaring it a closed military zone, putting the residents under house arrest. This ...
Read More »More citizens of Awarta arrested in night raid
29 March 2011 | International Solidarity Movement Last night at midnight Israeli troops again entered the village of Awarta, south of Nablus, arresting a large number – estimated to be around 40 – men and boys. According to the village ...
Read More »Awarta faces second wave of curfew and military harassment
According to Awarta residents, the Israeli army entered the village again at 3 am on Thuesday 22nd of March laying down a curfew for the second time this month. The previous week Awarta, south of Nablus, had been put under ...
Read More »Village of Awarta faced mass arrests, violence and massive destruction during five days of curfew
19 March 2011 | International Solidarity Movement During the five day curfew in the village of Awarta, south of Nablus, the Israeli military raided homes and detained around 300 people, the youngest 14 years old. Some of the men were ...
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