Tag: Jayyous

  • Carmel blockaded in Jayyous solidarity action

    8th February 2009 At around 6:30 this morning a group of students from Brighton locked themselves to Carmel Agrexco, the Israeli state owned export company, to protest against their complicity in the illegal annexation of the West Bank and the repression of students in the Palestinian village of Jayyous. Carmel Agrexco grows and imports agricultural…

  • Soldiers kidnap Palestinian youth in Jayous and impose curfew on the village

    On Friday, February 27, residents of the village of Jayous conducted their weekly demonstration despite a torrential downpour. The marchers reached the last intersection before the south gate of the Apartheid Fence carrying Palestinian flags and chanting. They then dispersed to find shelter from the rain. Despite the kidnapping of dozens of youths the previous…

  • Israeli forces hold Palestinian youth hostage during invasion of Jayyous

    6th February 2009 The Israeli Occupation Forces continued their most recent assaults on the village of Jayyous, near Qalqilya, invading on the 5th and 6th of February. On the 5th February , Israeli forces invaded at 2pm, imposing curfew on the village until 10pm. The following day, at around 12.30pm, the army once again entered…