Tag: Beit Ummar

  • 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…

  • Beit Ommar youth brain-dead in hospital after being shot by settlers

    29 January 2011 | Palestine Solidarity Project Earlier today, Yousef Fakhri Ikhlayl, a 17-year-old youth from Beit Ommar who has worked very closely with PSP over the years, was shot in the head by settlers and he is currently brain-dead in Hebron hospital. Yousef attended nearly every unarmed Saturday demonstration, was frequently around the PSP…

  • Army raids the house of a Popular Committee member in Beit Ummar

    23 December 2010 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee Soldiers from the Karmei Tzur settlement/military base invaded a civilian house this afternoon in Beit Ummar using live ammunition and sound bombs. During the raid, woman and children were injured as the soldiers harassed one of the Popular Committee leaders of the village. At 3 pm, soldiers…

  • Soldiers occupy house and attack demonstrators

    18th December 2010 | Palestine Solidarity Project On Saturday, December 18th, 2010, a larger than usual number of Israeli and international activists joined Beit Ommar villagers in their demonstration against the continuing encroachment of Karmei Tsur settlers on land belonging to local farmers. Approximately 80 people took part in the high-spirited demonstration, which was accompanied…

  • Mousa, Yousef Abu Maria arrested from their homes as harassment continues in Beit Ommar

    25 November 2010 | Palestine Solidarity Project Early Thursday morning, at approximately 2:00am, Israeli forces from the Gush Etzion military base came to the homes of brothers and National Committee members Yousef and Mousa Abu Maria. Both are also co-founders of the Palestine Solidarity Project. Mousa, whose wife and baby girl–both Israeli citizens–were visiting family,…