Tag: Settlers

  • Settlers and army attack farmers in Qaryut, leaving five wounded

    27 October 2009 At around 8am, on Tuesday 27 October, olive farmers from the village of Qaryut, south of Nablus, were physically assaulted by settlers from the nearby illegal settlement of Shilo. At least two Palestinian children were injured by the settlers, one sustaining an injury to his arm and the second one to his…

  • Tensions escalate in Sheikh Jarrah as settlers attempt to provoke violence

    23 October 2009 On Friday 23 October 2009, tensions ran high when 30 settlers conducted a provocative prayer on the street outside the confiscated Gawi family house in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of occupied East Jerusalem. Several heavily armed Israeli police units arrived quickly thereafter but they did not stop the prayer until after one…

  • Three Palestinians injured as settlers attack villagers from Iraq Burin

    24 October 2009 The village of Iraq Burin came under attack from the nearby settlement Bracha on Saturday, 24 October. Approximately 50 settlers clashed with 50 young men of the village, followed by violent intervention of Israeli Occupation Forces. Three Palestinian boys were taken to hospital following the attack. At 1pm approximately 50 settlers were…