Tag: Settlers

  • Yitzhar settlers attack school children in Urif

    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…

  • Israeli Brutality: Violent arrests of Palestinians in Hebron and disappearance of Dutch volunteer

    Israeli Brutality: Violent arrests of Palestinians in Hebron and disappearance of Dutch volunteer

    by Paige and Satu 1 April 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank A Dutch woman and several Palestinians were violently arrested today during an attempt to reclaim a Palestinian house at the entrance of the old city in occupied Al Khalil  (Hebron). About 30 Palestinians and international ISM activists from Canada, Finland, United States…

  • Settlers grab Palestinian water springs: U.N. report

    Settlers grab Palestinian water springs: U.N. report

    by Jihan Abdallah 19 March 2012 | Reuters (Reuters) – Jewish settlers have seized dozens of natural springs in the occupied West Bank, barring Palestinians or limiting their access to scarce water sources, a United Nations report said on Monday. The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said it had surveyed 530…