Tag: Settlement

  • The spirit of Ni’lin in the face of apartheid

    By Steve Plaank 2 July 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On Friday, June 29th, dozens of residents of the Palestinian village, Ni’lin demonstrated in opposition to the ongoing apartheid carried out by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF). The village of Ni’lin is located near the 1967 Green Line and has been a center…

  • Between Qaryut and Jaloud: systematic ethnic cleansing

    By Maria Erdely 30 May 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Derar Ammer’s family has owned the land they live on since 1936. He is in possession of the papers that state that this land and the home his ancestors built on it is rightfully his, which date back to the British mandate. Nevertheless,…

  • Hebron: Israeli settlers occupy Palestinian home

    By Sunny 30 May 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On Wednesday, May 23, a group of Israeli settlers forcefully occupied the home of a Palestinian family near the illegal Tel Rumeida colony in the Palestinian city of Hebron. In an incident that lasted 3 hours, settlers forced their way into the house and…