Tag: Qalqilya

  • Farmers attempting to reach their fields in Deir Istiya turned back by settlers

    International Women’s Peace Service 20 March 2009 IWPS was asked to accompany around 20 farmers, including children, from Deir Istiya to their fields in Wadi Qana. The only road leading to their fields passes from the illegal Israeli settlement of Yaqir, which is also illegal according to Israeli law. The farmers were planning on preparing…

  • Five arrested as Israeli forces cut down olive trees in Rastira

    UPDATE: All activists have now been released Palestinian farmer has heart attack while Israeli forces cut down his olive trees. Three international and two Israeli activists arrested from demonstration. 8th March 2009, Rastira, Qalqilya region: A Palestinian farmer has had a heart attack while Israeli forces cut down olive trees on his and other farmers’…

  • Israeli forces hold Palestinian youth hostage during invasion of Jayyous

    6th February 2009 The Israeli Occupation Forces continued their most recent assaults on the village of Jayyous, near Qalqilya, invading on the 5th and 6th of February. On the 5th February , Israeli forces invaded at 2pm, imposing curfew on the village until 10pm. The following day, at around 12.30pm, the army once again entered…