Tag: Roadblock
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Settlers illegal attempt to occupy land owned by Qarawat Bani Hasan and Dier Istiya
International Women’s Peace Service 1 January 2010 On 31 December 2009 IWPS received a call from the Mayor of Qarawat Bani Hasan to participate in a demonstration in solidarity with the residents of their village. The non-violent, peaceful demonstration organized by the Municipality took place on January 1 2009, and was in response to increase…
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Israeli military constructs new roadblock in West Bank village, crippling farmers’ economy
28 December 2009 The Israeli army erected a giant earth mound across a crucial agricultural road in the northern West Bank village of Madama this week. The road block severely limits hundreds of farmers’ access to their lands, making transport by vehicle all but impossible. The intentional crippling of the village’s chief economy comes as…