Tag: Settlers

  • Israeli forces raid Awawi home in Hebron

    26 April 2009 In the early hours of Sunday 26th of April, the house of the Awawi family in the old city of Hebron was raided by a group of 10 Israeli soldiers. Arriving at midnight, the soldiers ruthlessly searched the house, noting all the families’ possessions before throwing them on the floor. They made…

  • Nonviolent action by Palestinians and internationals stops settler road construction in Um al Kheir

    Christian Peacemaker Team 26 April 2009 Palestinians from the South Hebron Hills village of Um al Kheir today changed the route of a road being constructed by settlers from the illegal settlement of Karmel. The villagers, acting with internationals, nonviolently blocked the road-building equipment as it prepared the roadbed on land which belongs to Palestinians…

  • Construction of Israeli-only road threatens homes of Umm al Kher-al Faqir residents

    “My family bought this land in 1948 after being expelled from our old home. It was just us, the birds, and the trees here at that time. But in 1967 the Israelis started to attack us, and ten years later they built a military outpost. Five years after that the settlers started buiding their homes…

  • Israeli soldiers arrest journalist, close village of Um al Kheir

    Christian Peacemaker Team 24 April 2009 [Note: According to the Geneva Conventions, the International Court of Justice in the Hague, and numerous United Nations resolutions, all Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories are illegal. Most settlement outposts are considered illegal under Israeli law.] On 23 April Israeli soldiers arrested a Palestinian journalist in the…

  • Jerusalem’s mayor defends demolition of houses in Arab area

    Rory McCarthy | The Guardian 23 April 2009 Israel’s mayor of Jerusalem defended the demolition of houses in the Arab east of the city today and insisted Jerusalem could not be a future capital of a Palestinian state. Nir Barkat, a secular businessman elected as mayor five months ago, rejected international criticism of demolitions and…