Tag: Nablus

  • Trees for peace along a settler-only road

    ISM PRESS RELEASE ON UPCOMING ACTION — A week of nonviolent resistance in the besieged West Bank city of Nablus and surrounding areas will continue Sunday, July 24 when ISM volunteers and Israeli peace activists travel to the village of Salem to assist locals in planting trees on the land separated from the village by…

  • Bad News from Salem

    Dear friends, My Name is Asim. I wanted you all to know that settlers attacked our land here in Salem last week and cut all our olive trees to the east side of the village. Even though the settlements are expanding on our land, this is taking it to another level of brutality. There is…

  • Israeli Army surrounds Asira demonstrators. shoots one villager

    by Sarita Ahooja Over 250 villagers of Asira, Nablus district, gathered at 10AM this morning to begin the demonstration for free movement and against the military closures that have effected their community since the beginning of the Al-Aqsa Intifada. Israeli Armed Personnel Vehicles, deployed since dawn, surrounded the villagers before they could take Sabaatash road,…

  • Shoot First, Laugh After

    Israeli violence up-close It started out as an ordinary afternoon: Mohommed and I were going to a meeting with some of the people of the village of Salem to talk about ISM and other internationals planting trees with them one day next week. Villagers have reported a lot of harassment from the soldiers and settlers…

  • Nablus Summer Campaign Program

    July 21st-28th 2005 There will be five direct actions in the Nablus area, four in the surrounding villages and one at the main checkpoint. Friday July 22nd: Asira Village Direct Action to open Sabaatash (17), the main road from Asira to Nablus. Asira village, with a population of 12 000, has been under closure since…