Tag: Salfit

  • IWPS: Israeli army imposes curfew as settlers raid the village of Kafr ad Dik

    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 on September 27th, the Israeli army entered the Salfit village of Kafr ad Dik and…

  • 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, to protest against the system of apartheid that has stolen their land and water; demolished…

  • 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 attempting to expand its borders. The illegal settlement began construction last week, illegally and without…

  • 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…