Tag: Farmers
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Settler arson attack in the village of Burin
30 June 2011 | International Solidarity Movement On Thursday 30 June at 11:00 AM, the villagers of Burin reported that a fire was started by a group of settlers in one of the village´s crop field in the hills. According to a villager who witnessed the events, Walid M. N. noted that before the fire…
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IMEMC: Settlers torch farmlands near Ramallah
18 June 2011 | IMEMC, Saed Bannoura After a recent burning of its mosque, a group of extremist Israeli settlers torched on Friday Palestinian farmlands planted with wheat in the Al Mogheer village, north of the central west bank city of Ramallah. The settlers burnt the land in broad daylight and the fires consumed most of…
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Biddu demonstrates against apartheid
10 June 2011| Popular Struggle Coordination Committee The village of Biddu held a demonstration this week demanding access to their farmlands and a end to the Separation Wall in their village. In 2004, four demonstrators were shot dead by live ammunition in a similar demonstration. Roughly 50 people gathered near an Israeli placed gate at…
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Guardian: Israel accused after Palestinian boys burned by mystery canister
3 June 2011 | The Guardian Military experts say unidentified devices found in West Bank may have contained outlawed white phosphorus. The Israeli army has been accused of leaving dangerous munitions near Palestinian homes after two boys were seriously burnt when they picked up a mysterious silver canister which exuded toxic white fumes. A second…
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Roof destroyed on farm property near Etzion settlement
2 June 2011 | International Solidarity Movement On the morning of Wednesday May 18th, Mohammed, arrived at his farm to find the roof of his farm buildings had been removed and the materials taken away from the property during the night. The farm is situated directly between Etzion settlement and a military police base, South…