Tag: Farmers
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Songs tear down fences in Izbat Tabib
13 July 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On July 13th villagers in the small town of Izbat Tabib wanted to protest against the illegal Israeli construction of barbed wire fences outside the village, preventing farmers from tending their lands and olive trees. In the beginning of the afternoon, villagers and international activists gathered at the mayor’s…
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Attempts to tend to farmland result in arrests
13 July 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On the 12th of July 2011, 4 ISM members with a group of international activists, including Israeli, French, Belgian, Portuguese and a 5 Palestinians attempted to enter the illegally, occupied farmland of a Palestinian landowner in Beit Ommar. The initial plan was to try to farm and clean…
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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…