Tag: Bedouin
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67 people displaced following demolition of Bedouin village by Israeli army
20 June 2011 | International Solidarity Movement On June 20th at 7am a Bedouin village, south of Hebron in Khirbet Bir al’Idd was struck down with Israeli bulldozers destroying seven tin homes and several other sheds and tents. The Israeli army and border police arrived to demolish the homes claiming the area was classified as…
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Israeli forces destroy house and barn in the Bedouin village of Arab Abu Farda, south Qalqilya
1 June 2011 | International Solidarity Movement At 8am on Monday May 30, eight Israeli jeeps and two bulldozers destroyed two Bedouin “barracks” (shacks) in the village of Arab Abu Farda, south of Qalqilya. One of the barracks belonged to Abdul Qader and was home to 12 people and the other housed cows which belonged…
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Bedouin hamlet destroyed for 3rd time
5 May 2011 | Maan News Women of the Bedouin herding hamlet of Khirbet Amniyr sat on the earth and watched Israeli forces demolish their 12 tent homes for the third time on Thursday morning. The women said they were waiting for the soldiers to leave so they could rebuild their tent homes and once…
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Views from the Jordan Valley
19 April 2011 | Jack Curry The cluster of Jordan Valley villages located around Fasayil offer a twisted microcosm of the fickle barbarity of Israel’s illegal occupation. Families who seemingly share land, live side by side with no separation except the invisible borders enshrined in Israel’s military law. Yet, as you tread amongst the stones…
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More Bedouin structures demolished in Jordan Valley
24 November 2010 | Ma’an News Agency & ISM As the sun rose early Wednesday, Palestinian Bedouins living in Abu Al-Ajaj, a small village in the Jordan Valley, were surprised to see Israeli bulldozers demolishing their sheds and sheep shelters. The incident came only two weeks after Israeli authorities confiscated lands belonging to the village…
