Tag: Settlement
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Al-Aqsa Mosque and its surrounding area attacked 100 times during 2011
22 February 2012 | Middle East Monitor A study conducted by Al-Aqsa Foundation for Endowment and Heritage in Israel has revealed that Al-Aqsa Mosque and its surrounding area has been subjected to around 100 attacks and violations in 2011 alone. The study noted that the attacks varied between physical attacks and plots which pose threats…
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The massacre of 1929 and the War of Narratives
by Aaron 21 February 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank If you ask an Israeli settler in or around Al-Khalil (Hebron) what calls them to live on contested land, most will speak to a religious connection to the city and the Cave of the Machpelach (“patriarchs”), where Jews, Muslims, and Christians come to revere…
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Kufr Qaddoum: 5 people injured in demonstration
by Veronica 17 February 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank In advance of last week’s regular demonstration in Kufr Qaddoum the Israeli military attempted to prevent it by turning off the electricity supply to the village from 4AM that morning. But it did not deter about 150 Palestinians from the village from marching up…
