Tag: Nablus

  • 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…

  • Village Demolished

    Khirbet Tana, near Beit Furik, Nablus On July 5th, Israeli forces demolished the entire village of Tana, near Beit Furik, Nablus. The residents had received one day’s notice (via a piece of paper left outside one of their dwellings) that their homes were to be demolished. The villagers knew no-one to call; thus, the razing…

  • Second child from Balata refugee camp died

    On Monday Balata residents endured their second child martyr’s funeral in five days. Fourteen year old Noor Faris Njem was shot in the head late last Wednesday evening when the Israeli army came to Balata Refugee Camp and, without warning, opened fire on unarmed civilians. Noor (meaning light) was peering round a wall to see…