Tag: Settlers

  • Thousands attend Sheikh Jarrah demonstration, internationals attacked by riot police

    6 March 2010 Thousands attended last Saturday’s demonstration in Sheikh Jarrah, demanding an end to the home evictions which have displaced hundreds of Palestinian residents. Gathering peacefully for speeches and live music in the park opposite the neighborhood, demonstrators chanted and sang before marching in the streets and attempting to pass the police barricades which…

  • Israeli military fail to crush the spirit of An Nabi Saleh

    12 March 2010 The Israeli military today continued their attempts to repress the weekly demonstration in An Nabi Saleh. Following on from their near fatal shooting of a 14 year old boy a week ago, soldiers invaded the village within minutes of the demonstration starting, driving jeeps to within approximately 50 metres of the demonstrators…

  • Settlers destroy natural spring used by Palestinians for farming near Salfit

    International Solidarity Movement 8 March 2010 A group of Israeli settlers today destroyed a spring by the village of Qarawat Bani Hassan in the Salfit district. The settlers poured sand and cement into the spring, guarded by five armed members of the Israeli military. Palestinians from the village were forced to watch helplessly as events…