Tag: Settlers

  • No freeze on Palestinian suffering

    Seth Freedman | The Guardian 14 December 2009 Within minutes of our arrival in Tuwani, in the south Hebron hills of the West Bank, an army Jeep rolled into the village and shattered the mid-morning tranquillity. “We’re turning this place into a closed military zone,” announced the stern-faced commander to anyone within earshot. Brandishing his…

  • Sheikh Jarrah families continue to face harassment from settlers occupying Palestinian houses

    14 December 2009 The Jewish settler group that has taken over several houses in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood in occupied East Jerusalem continues to harass the Palestinian residents and vandalise Palestinian property. In the past two days alone there were numerous incidents displaying an extreme disregard for the human and legal rights of others. In…

  • Israeli police demolish tent of evicted Sheikh Jarrah family for the fifth time

    14 December 2009 On Monday 14 December 2009 at 10am, heavily armed Israeli police came to the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood in occupied East Jerusalem and demolished the Gawi family tent for the fifth time in two months. As the winter rain started to fall, the Gawi family members found themselves once again on the street…