Tag: Beit Ummar

  • Army uses disproportionate force against small demonstration in Beit Ommar

    Army uses disproportionate force against small demonstration in Beit Ommar

    02 April 2011 | International Solidarity Movement Today, small peaceful demonstrations in Beit Ommar were met with disproportionate force by the Israeli army. Just after 11 o’clock this morning, a small group of villagers and internationals marched to the entrance of the village where they were met by lines of soldiers preventing them from exiting…

  • Beit Ommar blockaded after settler attacks

    29 March 2011 | International Solidarity Movement On Monday 28th March the Israeli army blockaded the town of Beit Ommar after arresting 15 young men the previous day. On the evening of March 27th troops entered the town arresting the young men all between the ages of 14 and 19. No reasons were initially given…

  • Two Palestinians injured as settler opens fire on funeral procession in Beit Ommar

    21 March 2011 | Center for Freedom and Justice in Beit Ommar Around 12pm on Monday, March 21st, 2011, two Palestinian residents from the village of Beit Ommar in the southern West Bank were shot with live ammunition by an Israeli settler. The settler stopped his car on Route 60 as a funeral procession was…