Tag: Settlers
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Friday Demonstration at Beit’El
Some impressions of last friday demonstration (Dec 29) at Beit’El where an illegal settlement has been set up: The settlement of Beit’El has been built illegally in the year 1977. Growing in its population it counts more than 5600 settlers. By taking their land Palestinians do not have full access to water supplies, farming land…
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‘Feast of Sarah’ Holiday Draws Thousands of Settlers to Al-Khalil
12th November 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | al-Khalil, Occupied Palestine The Feast of Sarah did not pass unnoticed for the Palestinian residents of al-Khalil (Hebron). Jewish worshippers had been arriving from Israel in large numbers for days prior, together with a consequent increase of military presence. Yesterday morning, at 9:00 AM, soldiers…
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A Tale of Zero Cities
11th November 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Um al-Khair, Occupied Palestine Last month in northern Palestine brought stories of Israeli settlers from the illegal Yitzhar settlement that, however horrifying, all suffered an important shortcoming: the scope of the stories lent to individual scapegoats, and in doing so provided a vivid, but ultimately penny-deep…
