Tag: Settlers
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South Hebron Hills – farming under occupation
27th April 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Team Al Khalil | South Hebron Hills, Occupied Palestine Located in the tip of the West Bank, the South Hebron Hills are dotted with farming and shepherd communities. We are currently in the wheat harvest season and the children are spending their last few weeks at school before…
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Resistance to the destruction of olive trees in Wadi Qana
Tuesday, 17th March 2015, four farmers in the Salfit valley of Wadi Qana were issued with notices that they had 48 hours to remove their olives trees or they would be removed at their own cost. Failure to execute the orders are punishable by imprisonment, or fines up to the maximum penalty of the law.…
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Village in Focus: As Sawiya
25th January 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | As Sawiya, Occupied Palestine On January 24th, 2015, ISM activists visited As Sawiya, a Palestinian village located near Salfit. The village is home to around 3,500 people. Seven mountains surround the village; much of the land is occupied by three illegal Israeli settlements – Eli,…
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Israeli forces weld shut the doors of an elderly Palestinian woman’s houses on Shuhada Street
19th January 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine This afternoon in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron), Israeli forces gathered on Shuhada street, surrounding the doorways to the two houses belonging to Aamal Hashem Dundes, an elderly Palestinian woman, and her family. A soldier, wielding a torch and various other equipment, welded shut the doors.…
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Zionist settlers poison 13 sheep near Aqraba
6th January 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus team | Aqraba, Occupied Palestine Yesterday, ISM volunteers traveled to the area of Lifjim in East Aqraba, where shepherd Mohammed Ibrahim Abu Hamed grazes his sheep. Thirteen sheep lay dead there, foaming at the nose and mouth, one with green vomit visible – a clear case of…
