Tag: Salfit

  • IWPS: Palestinian farmers stop work on settlement expansion near Deir Istiya

    To view IWPS website click here On Thursday, May 15th 2008, farmers from Deir Istiya noticed bulldozers and diggers working on their land close to the illegal Israeli settlement Revava. As they investigated closer, it became clear that the Municipality of the settlement had employed a private construction company to raze land for a new…

  • Israeli Army Invades Marda, Imposes Curfew, Arrests 2

    At about 10 AM today, Monday, March 31, 2008, the Israeli army invaded the village of Marda, in the Sulfiet region of the West Bank. After invading, the army immediately announced curfew on the entire village, thus prohibiting all residents from leaving their homes, opening their shops, or leaving the village. Marda lies at the…

  • House occupied during Israeli invasion of Marda

    On Tuesday the Israeli army occupied a Palestinian house in the village of Marda, near Nablus. At 1 am the army entered in the house of Chazi Zaki Kuhffash, a 72 year old man. He lived in the ground floor of a half-constructed building which has three floors. The army arrived in three jeeps and…