Tag: Nablus
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Aqraba inhabitants facing confiscation of yet more farmland to serve the expansion of an illegal settlement
9 September 2010 | ISM Media Aqraba, NABLUS On Monday 6th September, farmers in Aqraba were forbidden by the Israeli army to work on a 200 dunam area of land near the village. The land is currently in the process of being converted, by a combination of local workers and the Union of Agricultural Work…
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Settlers riot in Burin, shooting and setting fire to olive trees
27 July 2010 | International Solidarity Movement At 11:30 yesterday, 26th July 2010, settlers from the Berakha Shomronim settlement began shooting at Palestinians in the village of Burin and setting fire to crops on their land. Trouble flared when Israeli authorities ordered the demolition of a structure in an illegal settler outpost because of the…
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Israel admits use of Shin Bet to watch international activist
International Solidarity Movement 4 May 2010 For immediate release: Ramallah, Occupied Palestinian Territories, PM – Israel has exposed the extent of its crackdown on resistance in an affidavit submitted to the Supreme Court on April 29, claiming that the Shin Bet intelligence agency has been conducting surveillance on ISM activist and Australian citizen Bridget Chappell…