Tag: Invasion

  • Interview: Living under constant fear of arrest

    5 November 2009 Jody McIntyre | Electronic Intifada Mohammed Ahmed Issa Yassen, 20, lives in the occupied West Bank village of Bilin, where he works in his family’s car garage business as a mechanic. He is also a student at the al-Quds Open University, but since he has joined the Israeli intelligence’s “wanted” list from…

  • Village of Iraq Burin invaded by Israeli army in the aftermath of a settler attack

    31 October 2009 The village of Iraq Burin, in the southern region of Nablus, came under attack again today in a display of force yet more brutal than last Saturday’s clashes with settlers and Israeli military forces. Palestinian youth clashed with 30 settlers on the edge of the village only to be driven back, as…

  • Israeli forces invade Balata refugee camp

    29 June 2009 Early morning the 29th of June, the Israeli Occupation Force invaded four houses in the Balata Refugee Camp in Nablus. The soldiers arrested 3 boys of between 16 and 17 years old, without letting them or their family know why. In several of the houses, the soldiers had destroyed furniture, mirrors, cabinets…

  • A fierce attack on the village of Bil’in

    At around 4am soldiers from the Israeli military stormed the village of Bil’in by foot. They abducted Suleiman Sif, aged 16 years, from his home and dragged him to an unknown destination. This raid is part of a broad campaign over the last two weeks by the army to strike terror into the villagers of…

  • Children ‘very scared’ in Israeli incursion

    Dominic Waghorn | Sky News 25 June 2009 Benjamin Netanyahu’s government hopes the move will help defuse growing tensions with the Obama Administration in America. A rift between the two countries appears to be widening over Israel’s refusal to halt settlement building. A meeting between Mr Netanyahu and US Middle East Envoy George Mitchell has…