Tag: Nablus
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Awarta faces second wave of curfew and military harassment
According to Awarta residents, the Israeli army entered the village again at 3 am on Thuesday 22nd of March laying down a curfew for the second time this month. The previous week Awarta, south of Nablus, had been put under curfew for five days by the Israeli military. Once again houses were searched, leaving a…
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Three Scandinavian ISM activists trapped by curfew in Awarta village following settlers’ murder
15 March 2011 | International Solidarity Movement UPDATE: At 5:30 pm last night a large mob of settlers came down the hill and attacked villagers with stones, breaking one 15-year-old boy’s arm. At 5pm the soldiers had announced that their curfew was finished, but it became clear today that the curfew is still in effect…
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The village of Awarta face repression from soldiers after attack on settlers
12 March 2011 | International Solidarity Movement Today the village of Awarta, the Palestinian village located closest to the illegal settlement Itamar which witnessed the murder of an entire settler family this morning, was put under severe military restrictions. According to the village council, 19 people are still in custody after the Israeli military raided…