Tag Archives: Salfit

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 30 May 2006: Two houses were demolished by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) in the village of Brukin, Salfit, West Bank, on Tuesday morning, 30 May, 2006. They were among 70 houses that have received demolition orders, ...

By Fareed Taamallah International Herald Tribune QIRA, West Bank As the line behind me grew, I read a novel. The drivers behind me leaned on their horns. I advanced a few meters and returned to reading “Memory in the Flesh,” ...

From CommonDreams.org By Fareed Taamallah Every day, world leaders think of new ways to punish the Palestinians for electing Hamas. But the people who suffer most are children like my daughter, Lina. Lina was less than 1 year old when ...

From the International Women’s Peace Service Shwayy shwayy, slowly slowly, like the Arabic of most internationals here, or, maybe better, silently silently… the Israeli government is turning the Salfit Region into one of the most enclosed areas of the West ...

Since 1976 Land Day is marked by Palestinians on the 30th of March to protest against the grabbing of Palestinian lands by Israel. This year, thousands of Palestinians, along with Israeli and international activists held a series of large-scale peaceful ...

On Land Day, Thursday March 30, thousands of Palestinians, along with Israeli and International activists will hold a series of large-scale peaceful protests. Demonstrations against ongoing Israeli land confiscation have been planned in the villages of Beit Sira (Ramallah area), ...

By Hanna I’ve been traveling for the past two weeks with groups of people who enjoy more privilege here than perhaps any other group – American Jews. We can relatively easily pass through walls, fences, gates, checkpoints, “terminals” and other ...

by Nijmie of the International Women’s Peace Service Ariel settlement – the strategy then and now The settlement of Ariel was established in 1978. Its founding population of forty settlers has burgeoned due to its strategic location (close to Tel ...

by Devon I must share with you this image that has been running through my mind for the last six days. It happened Monday, August 1, in the West Bank village of Kfir Haris. There was a completely nonviolent demonstration ...

Street theatre and demonstration in Deir Ballut By Sarita August 4 Deir Ballut villagers were joined today by 30 International and Israeli activists in a demonstration against the military check point blocking the entrance to their village. Deir Ballut, southwest ...