Tag: Settlement
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Residents of Deir Jreer and Silwad resist occupation and settlement expansion
10th May 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Deir Jreer and Silwad , Occupied Palestine By Team Ramallah At around 9 am today, 150 Palestinians, accompanied by International activists, went to Deir Jreer lands to construct a new road so that local farmers could reach their lands more easily. Two bulldozers flattened the path from the…
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Villages of Urif, Burin and Asira violently attacked by settlers
1st May 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus, Occupied Palestine By Team Nablus Yesterday Israeli settlers from the Illegal settlement of Yizhar set fire to the fields of Asira al Qibliya, Burin and Urif as well as attacking the school and many homes in the villages, all while the Israeli Military and Border Police provided…
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Ni’lin continues to resist after 5 years of Israeli occupation and systematic land theft
27th April 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Ni’lin, Occupied Palestine By Team Nablus Around 50 Palestinians supported by around 20 international activists, demonstrated against the apartheid wall yesterday in Ni’lin, which is a village close to Ramallah. The residents attempted to dismantle the wall and were met with violence. Around 20 were treated for tear…
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Activists continue to target the infrastructure of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank
23rd April 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Bethlehem , Occupied Palestine By Team Khalil Palestinians and International activists held a brief demonstration outside the gates of an Israeli military base near Herodium mountain, east of Bethlehem. The activists stood outside the gates with Palestinian flags and shouted to the soldiers inside that the base was…
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Tel Rumeida settlers occupy Palestinian land by cutting down trees and farming the land
21st April 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Hebron, Occupied Palestine By Team Khalil Settlers from the Tel Rumeida area in Hebron gradually cut down 15 almond trees on privately owned Palestinian land over the last two weeks. The settlers also installed an irrigation system and planted seeds with the clear intention of taking over the…