Tag: Settlers
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Presence with a splash of tea is recipe for detainment
19 June 2011 | International Solidarity Movement On Sunday June 19th, six International Solidarity Movement activists from the United Kingdom, United States, Brazil, Germany, and Sweden were illegally arrested by the Israeli military after attending a demonstration against the construction on confiscated land belonging to the Palestinian village, Deir Qaddis. Apart from numerous Palestinian, Israeli, and international…
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Beit Ommar harvests despite Israeli threats
15 June 2011 | International Solidarity Movement On June 14th 2011 a Beit Ommar farmer reported that he was “ordered” to leave his farm land by an armed security guard from the adjacent Karmei Tzur settlement. The guard apparently used a dog to drive the farmer and his family from the land. Settlers had also recently…
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Popular Committee leader of Ni’lin arrested and two protesters injured by live ammo in Deir Qaddis
15 June 2011 | Ni’lin Two Protesters Injured with Live Ammunition and one arrested in Deir Qaddis Demonstrators disrupted construction of a new neighborhood in the adjacent settlement of Nili. Israeli soldiers responded with baton charges, tear-gas, rubber-coated steel bullets and live ammunition. One organizer was arrested and several olive trees were burned down. Two…