Tag: Settlers
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Settlers set fire to Yasuf mosque, burning over 80 Qur’an and other holy texts
11 December 2009 Settlers set fire to the mosque of Yasuf village in the Nablus region of the West Bank on Friday, 11 December. The vicious attack was carried out in the early hours of the morning, after which the village was invaded by Israeli Occupation Forces, firing tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets at…
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UK issues new guidance on labelling of food from illegal West Bank settlements
Ian Black and Rory McCarthy | guardian.co.uk 10 December 2009 Britain has acted to increase pressure on Israel over its West Bank settlements by advising UK supermarkets on how to distinguish between foods from the settlements and Palestinian-manufactured goods. The government’s move falls short of a legal requirement but is bound to increase the prospects…
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21 activists arrested during a protest against house evictions in Sheikh Jarrah
Nir Hasson | Haaretz 11 December 2009 Six Israel Police officers were lightly wounded and 21 left-wing activists were arrested Friday during a demonstration that turned violent in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of Jerusalem. The demonstrators were protesting the eviction of Palestinian families from their homes. The protesters on Friday marched from the city center…
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Israeli forces disrupt UNRWA chief’s farewell
Ma’an News 10 December 2009 Israeli police ordered outgoing UNRWA Commissioner-General Karen AbuZayd to leave an East Jerusalem home on Thursday during her last official visit as the head of the relief agency. Ma’an’s reporter on the scene said AbuZayd left after police gave her five minutes to evacuate the premises of the house of…
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Israeli police pepper-spray 13-year old Palestinian boy in Sheikh Jarrah, arrest twenty four
11 December 2009 On Friday 11 December 2009, the fourth demonstration march against evictions and demolitions of Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem arrived in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood. The demonstration takes place every Friday, and gathers Israeli, Palestinian, and international activists in West Jerusalem to subsequently march to the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood in occupied East…