Tag: Nablus
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Israeli army restrict international access to Kafr Qaddum during confrontation
17th August 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus-team | Kafr Qaddum, occupied Palestine Israeli occupation forces blocked international access to Kafr Qaddum on Saturday, before apparently attacking Palestinian demonstrators for the second time in two days. The Israeli military set up a road block at the entrance to the village, which has seen weekly demonstrations…
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8th Kite Festival in Burin
18th July 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Burin, occupied Nablus At the beginning of July the local committee of Burin invited to the town`s 8th Kite Festival of the City. The festival is kind of a tradition for this town, but has not taken place for the last three years, because the…
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Madama village marks Land Day 2017 under heavy military violence
31st March 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah team | Madama, occupied Palestine Thursday the 30th of March was Land Day, a day in which Palestinians and their supporters commemorate the loss of huge amounts of land, stolen by the Zionist colonisers in 1976. In Madama village, in the Nablus area, around 300 Palestinian activists…
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Assira, surrounded on all sides
Assira al Quiblya is a West Bank village up on a hill between Huwwara and Nablus. But unfortunately, it is not sufficiently uphill enough to be free and safe from the Yitzhar settlement. This settlement, one of the most active in assaults, makes life more and more difficult for the Palestinian inhabitants. For many years…
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Olive harvest and Colonialism in expansion in Kafr ad Dik
12th November 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, Huwwara team | Kafr Qalil, occupied Palestine For the past six days, international activists joined a Palestinian farmer, Fares Deek, in the harvest of his olives outside Kafr ad Dik village, located inside Salfit governate. For the past 16 years, the area has been a target of expanding…
