Tag: Settlement
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Settler attack in Aqraba leaves 3 injured, 1 hospitalized
By Ben Greene and Ellie Marton 19 September 2012 | International Solidarity Movement On Monday 17, September, six Israeli settlers from the illegal settlement of Itamar attacked three members of the Benijaber family, who were walking home to the Palestinian village of Aqraba from their olive groves. Maher Hashem Mostafa Benijaber reported that he, his…
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Freedom for Jalaal
By Anna Conroy 18 September | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On Saturday 15th September a group of four internationals from ISM joined the Daraghmah family at their home in al Luban to celebrate son Jalaal’s release from prison. Thanks to many generous donations ISM was able to pay the five thousand shekel bail ($1300)…
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Settlers set Palestinian land ablaze in village of Burin
By Alex Marley 15 September 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank In the afternoon of Tuesday, 11 September 2012, settlers from the illegal Israeli settlement of Yitzhar burned farmers’ land containing almond trees in the Palestinian village of Burin. Around 10 settlers came down from the nearby settlement of Yitzhar and started to burn…
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Settlers destroy 18 olive trees Burin
By Alex Marley 11 September 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Eighteen Palestinian-owned olive trees were destroyed by Israeli settlers in the village of Burin, near Nablus, when the illegal settlers attacked the Palestinian land on Tuesday 4 September 2012. Burin, located in the northern West Bank, comes under frequent attack from the illegal…
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Hebron man walks down street for first time in years
By Ben 10 September 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On Sunday 9th September, Hashem Azzeh walked down the street outside his house for the first time in years. Hashem lives with his artist wife Nasreen and their four children (14, 9, 4 and 2 years old) on a hillside in the Tel Rumeida…
