Tag: Settlers

  • European Union: Israel annexing East Jerusalem

    Rory McCarthy | The Guardian 7 March 2009 A confidential EU report accuses the Israeli government of using settlement expansion, house demolitions, discriminatory housing policies and the West Bank barrier as a way of “actively pursuing the illegal annexation” of East Jerusalem. The document says Israel has accelerated its plans for East Jerusalem, and is…

  • Carmel blockaded in Jayyous solidarity action

    8th February 2009 At around 6:30 this morning a group of students from Brighton locked themselves to Carmel Agrexco, the Israeli state owned export company, to protest against their complicity in the illegal annexation of the West Bank and the repression of students in the Palestinian village of Jayyous. Carmel Agrexco grows and imports agricultural…

  • Israeli forces and settlers attack demonstration in Burin, Nablus region

    6th March 2009 | Burin village Israeli Occupation Forces dispersed a peaceful demonstration in Burin, near Nablus, on Friday (March 6), firing teargas and rubber-coated steel bullets at about 100 protesters.The IOF opened fire on the marchers, who were singing, waving banners and Palestinian flags while engaged in a non-violent sit-down close to a Jewish…

  • Settlers burn Bil’in’s Center for Peace

    Kristen Ess | Palestine News Network The western Ramallah town of Bil’in is known for its unrelenting resistance to occupation, particularly to the Wall that crisscrosses its land. In the West Bank, the Wall and settlements generally come hand in hand. The Wall is not only routed to take the water supply, but also to…

  • Settlers confiscate more land from Yasuf village

    On February 4th, settlers from the illegal Israeli settlement of Kfar Tappuah began clearing land for building outposts, despite the fact that this land legally belongs to the Palestinian village of Yasuf. The settlers brought a bulldozer with them to clear village fields, and it is expected that extensions of Kfar Tappuah in the form…