Tag: Jordan Valley
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Israel demolishes Palestinian structures across West Bank
24 November 2010 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee The Road in the village of Qarawat Bani Hassan was paved in Area C on lands marked for takeover by settlers from the adjacent outpost. Construction of the road was funded by Fayyad who also personally laid the cornerstone during a Land Day demonstration last March. Structures…
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3 Arrested Protesting Expansion of Settlement in Jiftlik, the Jordan Valley
31 October 2010 | International Solidarity Movement Sunday, settlers clashed with Bedouin villagers of Jiftlik in the Jordan Valley, as settlers tried to expand their settlement of Massu´a. Their expansion will isolate Jiftlik and result in the whole Bedouin community losing access to their pastures, making it impossible for the Bedouins to live in their…
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Israel demolishes rebuilt Jordan Valley houses
International Solidarity Movement This morning, Thursday 5th August, the Israeli Civil Administration authorities in the Jordan valley demolished the village of Al Farisiya for the second time in two weeks. This morning at 6:30 the army arrived in the village with two bulldozers and 13 jeeps, evacuated the villagers and destroyed 26 homes in one…
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Join the Global Intifada
International Solidarity Movement 20 May 2010 Global Intifada 2010: Popular Struggle. Steadfastness. Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions. Popular resistance to Israel’s apartheid is growing globally! In Palestine, non-violent resistance to land confiscation and settlement expansion is gathering momentum. Weekly non-violent demonstrations in the West Bank and Gaza have tripled since January, and continue to increase in size…
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Israel’s tightening grip on the Jordan Valley
International Solidarity Movement 7 May 2010 “Israel will never cede the Jordan Valley” Benjamin Netanyahu, March 2010 The Jordan Valley is an area under urgent threat of annexation, and during the last few weeks Israel has considerably tightened its grip on the indigenous Palestinian population. On the 11th of April the Israeli military shut of…