Tag: Settlement
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Kufr ad-Dik and Burqin march against boars, pollution, and violence by Israelis
by Jonas Weber 3 February 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Burqin and Kufr Ad-Dik face daily obstructions in justice as nearby illegal Zionist settlements encroach on the livelihood of local Palestinians. The villages are surrounded by several hilltop illegal settlements and industrial sites with polluting factories and an army base. “This is a…
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Kufr ad-Dik: At the crossroads of Israeli confiscation
by Neil 30 January 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank The village of Kufr ad-Dik in the Salfit region of the West Bank has become the latest in a series of villages to launch weekly protests against mass land theft by Israeli occupying forces. Residents of Kufr ad-Dik took part in their fifth demonstrationon…
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A new stage for West Bank popular resistance
by Dylan Collins 28 January 2012 | The Palestine Monitor In a hazy room, clouded with cigarette smoke and steam from hot syrup-sweat tea, residents of Kafr ad-Dik and its neighboring villages, along with Palestinian, Israeli, and international activists, excitedly gathered together waiting for the midday prayer to finish. The twenty-seventh of January marked the fourth…
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“We die a little bit inside us each time”: 2 more homes demolished in Bedouin village of Umm Al Kheer
by Tom 26 January 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Israel demolished the homes of two families in the Bedouin village of Um Al-Kheer in the South Hebron Hills last week, on Wednesday January 25th. The demolition team arrived with a bulldozer at 9:00 in the morning together Israeli soldiers and police. Villagers reported…
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Eight homes ordered to be demolished in Khalit Al-Dar
by Jack English 17 January 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On January 4th, an Israeli military commander served 8 demolition orders in the town of Khalit Al-Dar, just south of the city of Al-Khalil, also known as Hebron. The reason given for issuing demolition orders to the families is that they have built…
