Tag: Land confiscation

  • Land grab in Qaryut; residents fear illegal settlement expansion

    16th July 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Qaryut, Occupied Palestine On the 3rd of July 2013, settlers from the illegal colony of Shilo bulldozed land belonging to Qaryut, destroying around two hundred recently planted olive trees. Citizens of Qaryut are now concerned that new houses for the illegal settlement are being built…

  • Land confiscation continues in Awarta

    Land confiscation continues in Awarta

    24th June 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Awarta, Occupied Palestine Awarta, a small village south east of Nablus, faces constant intimidation from the Israeli army and nearby Itamar settlement. In the past month, the Israeli Civil Administration handed out two land confiscation orders to residents of Awarta. The first one, three weeks…

  • UPDATED: New wall construction to surround Azzun Atma

    20th June 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Azzun Atma, Occupied Palestine UPDATE 21th June: This morning, the 21st of June villagers from Azzun Atma gathered at the school where construction for the new wall started three days earlier. The villagers performed midday prayers together before marching around the school on to the land…

  • Note under a rock: “We’re stealing your land”

    12th June 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Bruqin, Occupied Palestine It was only days after it had been placed that a farmer accidentally found a piece of paper that stated he was no longer the owner of his own land. The undated paper, in Hebrew and Arabic, had been hidden under a…

  • Settlers setting up tent and planning road in Palestinian owned land in Al Khalil

    Settlers setting up tent and planning road in Palestinian owned land in Al Khalil

    27th May 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Team Al Khalil | Hebron, Occupied Palestine UPDATE 28th May: Settlers claim that they will return on 28th May to build a road on Palestinian owned land in Wadi al-Hussein, Al Khalil. No building has yet taken place and settlers have yet to provide any documentation or court…