Tag: Itamar Settlement
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Village of Awarta faced mass arrests, violence and massive destruction during five days of curfew
19 March 2011 | International Solidarity Movement During the five day curfew in the village of Awarta, south of Nablus, the Israeli military raided homes and detained around 300 people, the youngest 14 years old. Some of the men were taken to the local boy school were they had to leave their finger prints and…
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Three Scandinavian ISM activists trapped by curfew in Awarta village following settlers’ murder
15 March 2011 | International Solidarity Movement UPDATE: At 5:30 pm last night a large mob of settlers came down the hill and attacked villagers with stones, breaking one 15-year-old boy’s arm. At 5pm the soldiers had announced that their curfew was finished, but it became clear today that the curfew is still in effect…
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The village of Awarta face repression from soldiers after attack on settlers
12 March 2011 | International Solidarity Movement Today the village of Awarta, the Palestinian village located closest to the illegal settlement Itamar which witnessed the murder of an entire settler family this morning, was put under severe military restrictions. According to the village council, 19 people are still in custody after the Israeli military raided…
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Settler Family Stabbed to Death; Troops Attack Northern West Bank Villages
12 March 2011 | Palestine News Network Five Israeli settlers from the same family were stabbed to death on Saturday at dawn in their homes located in the settlement of Itamar in northern West Bank. Israeli sources said that the five killed were the father, mother and three children aged 11, three and three-month old…
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Aqraba plants olive trees to ward off settlers
1 August 2010 | ISM Media Residents of the village of Aqraba, near Nablus, planted forty young olive trees on their land on Thursday (29 July 2010) to send a message to settlers who have been plowing the area in an attempted land-grab. The Palestinian villagers were accompanied by many international volunteers – around thirty…