Tag: Settlers
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Hebron visit by Knesset member provokes settler venom
International Solidarity Movement 24 June 2010 A member of the left-wing Knesset party visited Tel Rumeida settlement in Hebron Wednesday, generating a large crowd as walked through the city. He came to speak and was given a tour of the settlements. The group was surrounded by around 10 police, 40 border police, and also at…
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Harassment and crop destruction in Hebron
International Solidarity Movement 16 June 2010 Tel Rumeida raid, 14 June The Israeli army conducted a night raid the on the mosque Othman Ibn Afan in Tel Rumeida, Hebron, 14 June 2010. At 9.30 pm local residents and mosque visitors witnessed approximately 14 heavily armed soldiers waiting outside the mosque, ultimately for the purpose of…
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Operation Dove: Israeli masked settlers attack At-Tuwani Palestinian village
Operation Dove At-Tuwani – On the morning of Saturday, 12th June 2010, shortly before 11.00, about thirty Israeli settlers from Havat Ma’on oupost, masked and armed with slings and sticks, invaded At-Tuwani village, attacking the most exposed house of the village and throwing stones against Palestinian villagers. The settlers approached the house and soon damaged…
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Hebron protests against Old City closures
International Solidarity Movement 23rd May 2010 Palestinian residents of Hebron gathered on Saturday, supported by a large group of Israeli activists, to protest against the continued restrictions on their freedom of movement within Hebron. This includes the total closure to Palestinians of Shuhada Street, a key thoroughfare on which all Palestinian shops and homes have…
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Grapes withering on the vine
International Solidarity Movement 17 May 2010 Souad lives in the beautiful village of Safa, south west of Bethlehem, close by the path of the apartheid wall. From her house in the village it is only a short walk to her land – an entire, rolling hillside, the summit of which has been stolen by the…