Tag: Settlers
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Israeli Army Kills 16 Year Old Demonstrator Near Nablus
Popular Struggle Coordination Committee 20 March 2010 Mohammed Ibrahim Qaddous, 16, was shot dead with live ammunition when a Border Police force raided his village of Iraq Burin near Nablus to quash a demonstration this afternoon. Another 16 year old was shot in the head and critically injured. Qaddous was shot at 3pm this afternoon…
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ISM volunteer shot, hospitalized; ISM co-founder arrested
19 March 2010 UPDATE: Huwaida Arraf released on 20 March after being illegally under arrest for 31 hours. Eight of these hours were spent standing in the cold in the illegal Halamish settlement. During this time she witnessed the border police by whom she was detained abuse the two Palestinian men who were also illegally…
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Israeli military unsuccessfully attempt to invade Iraq Burin: repeat tomorrow?
14th March 2010 The Israeli military sent eight jeep loads of soldiers to Iraq Burin, near Nablus, on Saturday to prevent villagers from accessing their farmland. Violent settler attacks on previous Saturdays leave the villagers and their land threatened. The military’s solution to these attacks has not been to protect the Palestinians, but rather to…