Tag: Salfit
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Settlers burn olive trees in Jamma’in
The West Bank village of Jamma’in has 10 000 residents, most of them farmers, and is close to the biggest illegal settlement in the west bank, Ariel, and another smaller one, Tapua. Often the villagers are harassed by settlers, most recently a few days ago when an old man was mugged whilst harvesting his olive…
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Action Alert! Jamaeen Non-Violent Demonstration to Protest Settler Arson
For Immediate Release October 30, 2007 Last week, settlers from Kfah Tappuah settlement near the West Bank village of Jamaeen trespassed on the Palestinian villagers’ land 2km from Jamaeen village, burning approximately 30 dunums of vital agricultural land hosting olive trees. The village of Jamaeen lies just south of Nablus and, like the many other…
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IWPS: Marda under curfew, assault, arrests, house occupations
October 16th, 2007 approximately 10 am to 9 pm Marda, Salfit region Witnesses: family members and IWPS members At around 10a.m. on the 16th of October, 2007, the Israeli army entered the village of Marda in the Salfit governate in the Occupied West Bank. The Israeli military declared curfew on the village and arrested 7…