Tag: Masafer Yatta
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For immediate release — Israel deporting international activists standing against immediate displacement of communities in Masafer Yatta
June 1, 2025, Palestine — On May 31, Israeli authorities arrested Swedish citizen Susanne Björk (48) and Irish citizen D. Murphy (70) – both based in the UK – from Khalet Al-Daba’a, in Masafer Yatta, located in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Björk will be deported tomorrow morning while Murphy is fighting the…
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Ethnic cleansing in Masafer Yatta: a focus on Susiya
Susiya, Masafer Yatta In 1986, Israeli Occupation Forces expropriated the land of the Palestinian village of Susiya and expelled the Palestinian residents under the pretext of archaeological remnants of a synagogue, and handed it over to the residents of the illegal Zionist settlement established 3 years previously (the settlement is named “Susya”). In the remaining…
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Zanuta: A Story of Return
26 August 2024 | International Solidarity Movement | Zanuta On Wednesday, August 21, following a long overdue court order, the families of Zanuta, in the South of the West Bank, returned to their village for the first time in 10 months after being forcibly displaced, determined to rebuild their home from the rubble of their…
