Tag: Settlers

  • Settlers using government transition to step up construction

    Amos Harel | Ha’aretz 29 March 2009 Construction activity on West Bank settlements has increased in the transition period between the February general election and the formation of the new government, Haaretz has learned. One notable example is the extensive earthworks being carried out in preparation for the construction of a road connect the settlement…

  • Israeli forces violently disperse Hebron demonstration, one German citizen arrested

    11:30am on Saturday, the 28th of March, Israeli forces violently dispersed a Hebron demonstration, firing tear gas and sound bombs and arresting one German solidarity activist. video of the demonstration More than 50 Palestinian residents of Hebron, supported by international and Israeli solidarity activists, were nonviolently rallying against the illegal Israeli settlements inside of Hebron’s…

  • Palestinians benefit as Israel-Turkey ties sour

    Jonathan Cook | The National 25 March 2009 A legal battle being waged by Palestinian families to stop the takeover of their neighbourhood in East Jerusalem by Jewish settlers has received a major fillip from the recent souring of relations between Israel and Turkey. After the Israeli army’s assault on the Gaza Strip in January,…

  • Israeli soldiers reoccupy ‘House of Contention’ in Hebron

    17th March 2009 | Ma’an News Agency Hebron – Ma’an – Three months after Israel’s army evacuated settlers from the Ar-Rajabi building that was confiscated two years earlier, soldiers have returned to reoccupy it. Dubbed the Hebron-area House of Contention, the building is owned by a Palestinian family before it was taken over by Jewish…

  • Israeli settlers throw stones at young children and internationals in Hebron

    On Wednesday the 11th of March, a number of Hebron Israeli settlers pelted Palestinian children (aged 4 to 8 years) and two international activists with stones. The incident took place during a settler-organized dancing event close to Avraham Avinu Settlement, presumably as part of Purim festivities. The settlers became aware of the Palestinian children and…