Tag: Hebron

  • Beit Ummar and Halhul Pray for Justice – Israeli Army Kidnap Villager

    by Ernesto in Beit Ummar Today, Friday July 7th, 2006, at noon, over 300 farmers and residents of the Palestinian villages of Beit Ummar and Halhoul held Friday prayers together on their land that has been ravaged by Israeli bulldozers in the past week. International and Israeli supporters accompanied them in a non-violent march to…

  • Beit Ummar and Halhul Farmers Will Pray on their Destroyed Land.

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tomorrow, Friday July 7th, at noon, the people from the villages of Beit Ummar and Halhul will gather together to pray on the land that has been destroyed by bulldozers in the last few days. They will be joined by internationals who support the people’s recent struggle against the illegal confiscation of…

  • Bulldozers Stopped, Palestinian Activist Still Arrested

    by Em and Zadie in Beit Ummar UPDATE, 6th July: As far as we have been able to acsertain, Musa Abu-Marya still remains a captive of the Shabak. Download video here Yesterday in Beit Ummar, a village of 15,000 in the Israeli occupied West Bank, non-violent direct action continued in opposition to the illegal Israeli…

  • “Shebab and Jeish” – A New ISMer’s Journal From Beit Ummar

    by Ernesto July 4th: We got into the West Bank with no hitches. Unfortunately, I did not get to visit the old city of Al-Quds or Jerusalem, like I promised folks back home I would. I will when I get the opportunity. Around a dozen of us, internationals – from the U.S., Ireland, Scotland, Sweden,…

  • Protests Against Expansion of the Kurmei Tsur Settlement Continue Today

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Palestinian landowners have been laying down in front of bulldozers that are building a fence surrounding the Kermi Tsur settlement on land belonging to Hallhul and Beit Ummar farmers every day since work started Sunday. Tuesday morning Palestinian and International peace activists were beaten and detained by the soldiers. But only the…