Tag: Burin
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Burin: Zionist soldiers and colonists collaborate against harvesting
by Alistair George 17 October 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank The Israeli military conducted arrests, mistreated detainees and continued to prevent villagers from picking olives in certain areas of Burin, near Nablus, yesterday on October 16 2011. International activists have been prevented by the military from attending olive harvests during the past two…
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Israeli military “superiors” interfere in Burin’s olive harvest
by Alistair George 12 October 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank The Israeli military ordered villagers to stop picking olives on their own land in Burin, near Nablus, today. The soldiers refused to give a reason for suspending the harvest. “It is nothing to do with us, we just get orders from our superiors,” they…
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Yitzhar settlers violently crash Burin wedding, military watches
6 September 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank While villagers were celebrating a wedding in the small village of Burin, Israeli arsonists from the illegal settlement of Yitzhar seized the opportunity to set ablaze olive groves, destroying over 200 olive trees. On September 5th at 5 AM, locals in the village of Burin and other surrounding…
