Tag: House Demolition
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Demolition threats continue in Imnzeizil
by Aida Gerard 21 November 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On the same morning when an official from the ICA, Israeli Civil Administration, promised to “pardon” the demolition orders of the solar panels in Imneizil, a village at the southern border of the West Bank, a new demolition order was delivered to the village…
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Imneizil demolitions: “Hanging between the ground and the sky”
by Jenna Bereld 18 November 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank The solar panels in the village of Imneizil, near Hebron, became effective almost two years ago, improved the living conditions for about four hundred inhabitants in the village, but recently residents learned that the Israeli army issued a demolition order for the solar…
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Al Baqa’a: The struggle of a family in the shadow of illegal annexation
by Alistair George 17 November 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank “The Israelis hope that that the young people leave, the old people die, and then they can confiscate the land and the houses” says Sami, an activist working in Al Baqa’a, a windswept valley situated a few kilometers east of Hebron. The Jaber…
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Al Qasab demolished as hundreds of Israeli soldiers watch
by Guillaume and William 15 November 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank This morning, on Tuesday 15th November, national day of Palestine, three houses in Al Qasab near Jericho were destroyed by the Israeli military. During the early morning, between two and three hundred Israeli soldiers entered Al Qasab with bulldozers and destroyed the houses.…
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Israeli forces and settlers try to drive away Um Alfagara residents
by Aida Gerard 5 November 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On Thursday November 3rd at dawn, 8 military jeeps with around 25 soldiers and one bulldozer arrived at Um Alfagara. The bulldozer immediately began to demolish six pylons built for bringing electrical wires from the nearby village of Attwani to Um Alfagara. The…
