Tag: Hebron

  • Israeli Colonist Attacks Continue Against Beit Ommar Farmer

    by Palestine Solidarity Project On September 20, 2006, in the village of Beit Ommar, activists with the Palestine Solidarity Project visited the farmland of Abu Jaber and his brother Abu Sameer. This is the third time that activists with the Project have met with the farmers to document damage done to their land by nearby…

  • Illegal Barriers in Hebron Region Destoryed

    by Palestine Solidarity Project On September 15, 2006, Palestinian and international activists removed large sections of a razor wire barrier erected on Palestinian land in the Al-Khalil (Hebron) region, and designed to isolate and bisect a village. The fence was repeatedly cut, metal stakes removed, and the razor wire ripped to be rendered unusable. The…

  • IMEMC: Another settler attack in Susiya

    by IMEMC and Agencies, Tuesday 19th September Khalil Nawaja, in his 70s, was attacked with sticks and pipes Monday evening by a group of seven Israeli settlers with their faces covered. An Israeli soldier was escorting the settlers and did nothing to stop the attack, said local eyewitnesses. Villagers called the Israeli police, but could…

  • More Land Confiscation in Bethlehem and Hebron districts

    by Hugh The ghettoization of the southern part of the West Bank has escalated recently with confiscation orders being issued for the Apartheid Wall, settler-only roads and the expansion of settlements. Last Friday an order for the confiscation of a further 100 dunums of agricultural land was issued in Al Khadr village southwest of Bethlehem…

  • Bedouin Family Suffers From Israeli Settler Violence

    by Douglas 16th September 2006: A Bedouin family near the village of Susia was visited today by a group of internationals and Palestinians working for the PSP (Palestine Solidarity Project) and ISM. An illegal Israeli settlement has been built to the south-east and the Palestinians’ land is being steadily encroached on. Abed Alrhmam Mousa has…