Tag: Burin
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Settlers destroy 18 olive trees Burin
By Alex Marley 11 September 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Eighteen Palestinian-owned olive trees were destroyed by Israeli settlers in the village of Burin, near Nablus, when the illegal settlers attacked the Palestinian land on Tuesday 4 September 2012. Burin, located in the northern West Bank, comes under frequent attack from the illegal…
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Night raids and arrests continue in Burin
By Alma Reventos 25 August 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On Thursday August 23, Mumen Mahmoud Raja, 18, was arrested at his home by Israeli occupation forces at 2:30 a.m. Around 2 a.m., some 60 Israeli forces invaded the Palestinian village of Burin, located south-west of Nablus. They arrived in 6 military jeeps,…
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Sleepless nights in Burin
By Alma Reventós 25 July 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank “I have not slept all night.” The words of a young man from the Bilal Al-Najjar youth cultural center in Burin, after a night of raids by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) on the town. On Monday 23 July at 9:30 p.m., some…
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Burin: arbitrary arrests continue
By Maria Erdely 22 May 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Castro Risaq was arrested on the night of the May 1 in Burin, a village just 7 kilometres south west of Nablus. The Israeli military arrived at 1 a.m. demanding Castro. Waking up the family, they barged through the front door. The 38…
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Burin Youth Center targeted once again: 10 youth arrested in 200 soldier raid
by Lydia 21 April 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank In a quick and clean opperation, the Israeli Occupation Military managed to arrest 10 young men in two hours, forever altering the next few months or even the next years of their life in one swift swoop. At 2 AM on 18 April, around…
