Tag: Settler violence
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Al-Manatir: the protest village in occupied territory that was destroyed before it was built
4 February 2013 | Mondoweiss Saturday morning moments after Palestinians planted metal huts and canvas tents on a rocky hilltop in the northern West Bank village of Burin, Israeli settlers were pelting them with rocks. Armed with slingshots and at least one gun the settlers stormed the Palestinians who were setting up a protest encampment…
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Palestinians protest Israel’s illegal settlement policy by establishing new village “Al-Manatir” near Burin, Nablus
Update on 4 February: In what seems to be a collective punishment for last Saturday´s construction of al-Manateer neighbourhood on privately owned Palestinian land (classified as Area B, according to the Oslo Accords) in Burin, Sunday night saw the Israeli army arrest two young boys from the village. At around 8:30pm, a supposedly Palestinian ambulance…
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Ongoing attacks result in injuries and 17 miscarriages in Urif, West Bank
29 January 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus, Occupied Palestine The Israeli army and illegal settlers have been, on almost daily basis for the past two months, invading and attacking the village of Urif in the West Bank. A local doctor reports that these actions have inflicted 17 miscarriages only in the month of December,…