Tag: Settlers
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Call to Action: Join London protest against Israeli demolition ‘charity’ Regavim
On September 1st, UK Lawyers for Israel is hosting a talk by Regavim, a pro-settler NGO with charitable status, pivotal in speeding up demolitions of Palestinian homes across the West Bank and displacement of Bedouin villages in the Negev. What is Regavim? Regavim, ‘dedicated to the preservation of Israel’s land’, petitions courts to demolish homes…
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Al Shoroq: The activist farmers resisting Israeli annexation in Beit Ummar
August 20 | International Solidarity Movement | Beit Ummar, Occupied Palestine Beit Ummar is an agricultural town and farming community just north of Hebron, with a populace of about 17,000. Al Shoroq, a Palestinian led group comprised of local activists based in the region since 2013 founded by longstanding committee members, work with…
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Inheriting resistance in the South Hebron Hills: “I am my father’s daughter, if he can do this, so can I… and more”
August 6 | International Solidarity Movement | South Hebron Hills, occupied Palestine “My life is occupation … all the time you have to be ready for the bad, and the most bad you can imagine,” Sameeha Huraini tells me, as she explains the reality of day-to-day life in the South Hebron Hills. She is just…
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Water Series: Hail of tear gas on peaceful villagers protesting settler theft of water supply in Kafr Malik
August 16 | International Solidarity Movement | Kafr Malik, Ramallah, occupied Palestine This is the third of a series of reports documenting the control and devastation of water sources by Israel as a tool of oppression. The residents of Kafr Malik, a town northeast of Ramallah, marched towards the Ain Samia area today…
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Education under occupation
August 11 | International Solidarity Movement | Hebron, occupied Palestine Whilst continuing my work with ISM this year, I spent four weeks working at the Hebron/al-Khalil office of Defence for Children International focussing on the way that the occupation has compromised the access to education in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza. It is…
