Tag: Settler violence
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Palestinian Family at Um Darit Harassed and Isolated
Acts of harassment and terror are a daily fact of life for residents of Masafer Yatta, a collection of rural hamlets at the southern end of the West Bank. One example is Mohammed Abed’s family in Um Darit, where they are surrounded by a rapidly expanding network of illegal settlements. After the Israeli escalation in…
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Illegal Occupation and Power Abuse by Israeli Settlers in Masafer Yatta
27 February 2024 | International Solidarity Movement | Masafer Yatta On February 25th, armed illegal Israeli settlers and border police approached and violently argued with Palestinian shepherds in Al-Rakeez, Masafer Yatta, driving them away from their land. Two Palestinian shepherds were grazing their flocks at the top of a hill, where they have been recently…
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Illegal Settlers Attack Shepherding family in Masafer Yatta
21 February 2024 | International Solidarity Movement | Masafer Yatta On Tuesday, February 20th, armed illegal Israeli settlers attacked a shepherding family and their sheep near the villages of Al Jawaya and Tuwani, in Masafer Yatta. The settlers reportedly let their dog loose on the sheep, injuring three, discharged a weapon, and hit a child.…
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Settler Mob Ambushes Armenian Quarter
They came covered in black and wearing ski masks. Thirty extremist ideological settlers, armed with clubs and tear gas, invaded the Armenian Quarter’s ‘Cow’s Garden’ (Goveroun Bardez) in the Old City and attacked members of the Armenian community.
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Israeli settlers/soldiers abduct a Palestinian, destroy and steal property in Khallet Al-Dabaa
8 December 2023 | International Solidarity Movement | Masafer Yatta, Occupied West Bank In the morning of December 8th, around 50 soldiers/settlers, most of whom wore masks, invaded the Palestinian village of Khallet Al-Dabaa, in Masafer Yatta, and violently attacked 5 people. The aggressors abducted Salah, a Palestinian man, father of 4 young children. They…
