Tag: Settlement

  • Land Day demonstration in Halhul, Hebron district

    At mid day on the 4th of April, around forty Palestinians from Halhul and the surrounding villages set off to cultivate land near the illegal settlement of Karmi Zur.  Halhul is a village in the Hebron district of the southern West Bank.  Demonstrators were also joined by Israeli and international solidarity activists. The protestors headed…

  • Israeli forces impose collective punishment on Saffa village following attack on settler youth

    2 April 2008 Israeli forces imposed collective punishment on the village of Saffa, following an axe attack in a nearby settlement that left a Settler child dead and another injured. At around 1:30pm, dozens of soldiers entered the village, declaring a 24-hour curfew and preventing residents from leaving their homes. Israeli authorities have said that…

  • Thousands of dunums confiscated for Israeli settler road near Nablus

    Ma’an News Agency 2 April 2009 Israeli authorities issued orders to confiscate more than one thousand dunums of Palestinian lands of the village of Qaryut south of Nablus, head of the villages and municipal affairs office in Nablus Ghassan Daghlas said on Thursday. On the land a road will be constructed linking the three illegal…

  • Israeli authorities confiscate land from Deir Sharaf to build new checkpoint

    Israeli authorities have recently removed Beit Iba checkpoint, north of the city of Nablus, only to build a new checkpoint 2km away on the same road.  This new checkpoint is located west of the village of Deir Sharaf, closer to the illegal Israeli settlement of Shave Shomeron.  The new checkpoint is being built on at…

  • CPT: Palestinian shepherds resist settler violence and disruption

    Christian Peacemaker Teams 29 March 2009 In three recent incidents Palestinian shepherds asserted their right to graze their sheep on their own land, despite Israeli settlers’ attempts to intimidate the Palestinians and disrupt their agricultural work. Palestinians in the South Hebron hills have responded to recent violence and incursions on their lands with a law…