Tag: Nablus
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Candlelight demonstration remembers the martyrs of Nablus and Gaza
2 January 2010 A demonstration was held in the northern West Bank city of Nablus last night to mark the anniversary of the 3-week assault launched on Gaza one year ago that left over 1,400 Palestinians dead, and to mourn the assassination of 3 men by Israeli soldiers in Nablus last week. Demonstrators filled Nablus’…
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Palestinian bus destroyed by settlers throwing stones, five injured
28 December 2009 Settlers launched an attack on a Palestinian bus near Zatara checkpoint today, injuring five and damaging the vehicle beyond repair. Hale Yusef Abu Jabar left the northern West Bank city of Jenin at 3pm this afternoon, his fully-packed service-taxi carrying seven passengers bound for Ramallah. As they approached Zatara checkpoint south of…
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Brutality of settlers’ ‘price tag’ campaign erupts from notorious Yitzhar settlement
24 December 2009 Settler violence has erupted this week around Nablus, as outrage over the death of an Israeli settler triggers extremists’ “price-tag” campaign, its senseless violence directed once again at the hands of Yitzhar settlers on altogether unrelated, and repeated, Palestinian targets. Ghalib Najar’s house sits on the southern tip of the beautiful, but…