Tag: Hebron

  • Qawawis and the mustawtaneen

    Qawawis is a small village with big problems. After an Israeli court ruled that villagers had the right to live on their land, settlers have harassed them with humiliation and violence. ISM and other organizations have kept a constant presence in the village. Here’s an account from one of the volunteers who recently stayed in…

  • Palestinians Struggle to Hold on to Land, Watering Holes

    by Henry Norr Berkeley Daily Planet Life in the tiny Palestinian hamlet of Qawawis seems straight out of the Old Testament, but that doesn’t stop the Jewish settlers in the hilltop outposts that surround the place from doing their best to destroy it. And if something isn’t done soon about the settlers’ latest threat—denying Qawawis’s…

  • Kiryat Arba: Confrontation with Diplomats and Activists

    by Ali Waked and Efrat Weiss This is a translation from Hebrew of an article appearing in YNet A group of settlers verbally attacked diplomats of the EU and Israeli activists of the organization “Breaking the Silence” this morning (Wednesday) in Kiryat Arba, during one of the tours the organization holds weekly in the Westbank…