Tag: Nablus

  • Israeli Soldiers, Police and Settlers Block Olive Harvest In Yanoun, Nablus Region

    by two ISM activists in Nablus Our experience of the harvest started in Yanoun village, Nablus region at 7am on the 26th of October. We accompanied two old Palestinian women in a field just down the hill from the Itamar settlement. Half an hour after we started, a settler came and tried to get rid…

  • Israeli army continues uprooting in Salem

    Salem is a small village of about 6,000 residents that is the site of some recent Israeli construction, which tends to come with a certain amount of destruction of Palestinian property. It started this morning, when an Israeli earth-crusher began tearing through the olive fields near the settlement road. On the opposite side of the…

  • Peace means the freedom of movement

    July 29, 2005 by Sarita Ahooja Eight ISM Internationals from Canada, Sweden, and Spain, along with 5 Israeli activists joined in a spirited march with the villagers of Asira to protest military closures and demand free movement for Palestinians. The demonstrators walked along Sabataash road (5km distance to Nablus) towards the 3 giant mounds of…