Tag: House Demolition
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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…
