Tag: Settler violence
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Settler Attack: Palestinian man shot in head in Asira al-Qibliya
By Maria Erdely 20 May 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Asira al-Qibliya, a village located south-west of Nablus, was attacked by illegal Israeli settlers yesterday. The attack lasted all afternoon leaving 7 Palestinians injured, of which 5 required hospitalization. Settlers fired live ammunition at the Palestinians, and one man was in critical condition…
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Tel Rumeida: Child settler violence through the lenses of an international activist
by Sunny 5 May 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank A group of approximately 10 to 15 soldiers displayed their ineptitude in dealing with a group of rowdy settler children, roughly between the ages of 8 to 14, who were attemptng to enter Tel Rumeida. It was an embarrassing episode for the Israeli occupation…
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Following settler attack, Palestinian woman arrested in Al Khalil
by Maria and Roda 7 May 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank A Palestinian woman was arrested by occupation police in Al Khalil (Hebron) yesterday after her home was attacked by settlers. 47 year old Jamila Hassan Abdul Fattah Al-Shalaldeh and her family live with two other familes in a home on Zionist controlled…
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Yitzhar settlers attack school children in Urif
by Chris Beckett 29 April 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Urif is a Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate of the northern occupied West Bank, located thirteen kilometres South of Nablus. The town has a population of just under 3000 inhabitants and is overlooked by the illegal Israeli colony of Yitzhar. Last week…
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Impunity Under the Law: Settler attack in Jabari neighborhood
by Paige 22 April 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Marwan Borqan always locks the main door to his house at night. Late at night, soldiers will often knock at his door, ‘checking,’ they say, although Marwan has never known what they are checking for. That is why he did not find it unusual…
