Tag: Bruqin

  • Demolitions in Bruqin: “If you really want peace, you wouldn’t take what’s mine”

    Demolitions in Bruqin: “If you really want peace, you wouldn’t take what’s mine”

    2nd April 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Bruqin, Occupied Palestine On the 1st of April, at approximately 5.30 AM, a bulldozer and eight military jeeps arrived in the village of Bruqin close to the city of Nablus. The bulldozer first destroyed a farmers shed, killing the ten rabbits inside. The destruction continued…

  • Israeli forces arrest and hold 13-year-old for seven hours

    Israeli forces arrest and hold 13-year-old for seven hours

    20th March 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Bruqin, Occupied Palestine On Tuesday 18th March, Israeli forces entered the village of Bruqin and arrested 13-year-old Abdel Hafez Mohammed, holding him for seven hours before releasing him later in the day. Abdel Hafez Mohammed Samara was working on his land, picking ‘aqoub’ (a local plant),…

  • Two Palestinians arrested in Bruqin

    Two Palestinians arrested in Bruqin

    12th January 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Bruqin, Occupied Palestine January 13th 2014: Today, 13th January 2014, the two men from Bruqin have been released from prison with a 2000 NIS bail each. Both men are under house arrest until the 24th January and must report to Ariel police station, inside the illegal settlement of…