Tag: Nablus

  • PCHR: PCHR condemns IOF measures against Nablus charities

    Palestinian Centre for Human Rights – Press Release Date: 8 July 2008 To view the PCHR website click here PCHR strongly condemns Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) for closing several charities and humanitarian organizations in Nablus over the past two days. The Centre calls upon the international community to intervene to put an end to these…

  • Awarta farmers challenge settler violence

    Between the 23rd and 30th June, the farmers of the village Awarta, close to Nablus, challenged the threats of violence from settlers by constructing a well on their land close to the illegal settlement of Itamar. International human rights workers (HRW’s) participated in solidarity for the villagers right to reach their land. The work during…

  • 2 Rockets fired at village of Burin from Bracha settlement

    Two more home-made rockets were launched from the illegal Israeli settlement of Bracha at the Palestinian village of Burin, near Nablus, on Tuesday 1st July. At 1pm, Jamal Najar, a resident of Burin, was sitting on his veranda when he saw a projectile launched from near the illegal settlement’s mobile phone tower. “It looked like…