Tag: Settlement
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Welcome to At-Tuwani
It was 7am when we woke up after a night under the stars, in the village of At-Tuwani, surrounded by arid hills and olive groves. It’s the kind of place you’d want to sightsee, or drink tea with the locals, admire the work of weaving and embroidery by the women of the village. But few…
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“They take everything,” explains Bruqin farmer during 2018 olive harvest
October 22, 2018 |International Solidarity Movement | Bruqin, Occupied Palestine ISM volunteers spent the day harvesting olives with farmers in Bruqin village, a day that began with Israeli soldiers confronting the farmer and his family and ordering them to leave their land no later than 5 p.m. Since the harvest workday typically concludes…
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Residents and schoolchildren blocked at the Tel Rumeida checkpoint for 30 minutes
21st October 2018 | International Solidarity Movement, Al-Khalil Team | Hebron, occupied Palestine This morning, schoolchildren and other passers-by encountered the Eastern Tel Rumeida checkpoint blocked in both directions and had to wait 30 minute to pass it on their way to school or workplace, while a young man was detained inside for 30 minutes.…
