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To view the International Women’s Peace Service (IWPS) website click here Date of incident: September 27th – September 28th 2008 Place: Kafr ad Dik, Salfit Witness/es: Residents of Kafr ad Dik and IWPS volunteers At approximately 4:00 in the morning ...
Read More »Demonstration in Wadi Qana against Israeli system of apartheid
On 21st June, approximately 100 residents of the Qalqiliya region, as well as international and Israeli activists, and six Palestinian officials, joined the residents of Wadi Qana, a small village on the Qalqiliya/Salfit border, surrounded by seven illegal Israeli settlements, ...
Read More »Residents of Deir Istiya prevented from planting olive trees on their land by Israeli forces
On 30th May 2008 residents of the village of Deir Istiyia in the Salfit region, as well as Israeli and international activists, attempted to plant 50 olive trees in the Palestinian-owned land where the illegal Israeli settlement of Revava is ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »Ongoing invasions in Deir Istiya, suggests Israeli army training in villages has not stopped
The village of Deir Istiya was again subject to Israeli military invasion on Monday 4th February, with soldiers again invading and occupying a family home. In activities almost identical to those that took place on 24th-25th January 2008, Israeli soldiers ...
Read More »Army invades Deir Istiya, occupies house
Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Deir Istiya, in the Salfit region, at 3pm on Thursday 24th January, occupying a house and arresting one youth the following day. Approximately 5 jeeps entered the picturesque village, shooting sound bombs and tear ...
Read More »Marda placed under curfew during yet another invasion
The village of Marda, in the Salfit region of the West Bank, was again placed under curfew on Friday 30th November. Israeli soldiers invaded the village at approximately 2pm, with four jeeps shooting sound bombs, tear gas, and live ammunition ...
Read More »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 ...
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