Tag: Settlers
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Firms active in the settlements are facilitating abuses of human rights – UN report says
24th January 2014 | European Coordination of Committees and Associations for Palestine | Brussels, Belgium The UN report is the result of a mission investigating Israeli settlements in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Information gathered by the mission shows that private firms have enabled, facilitated and profited, directly and indirectly, from the construction and growth of the…
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Six arrests in three days in South Hebron Hills
January 20th, 2014 | Operation Dove | Hebron, Occupied Palestine Between January 18-20, four Palestinians and two Operation Dove (OD) volunteers were arrested by the Israeli police and army while Palestinian shepherds were grazing their flocks. On January 18 at 1:04 p.m. seven settlers came out from the illegal outpost of Havat Ma’on (Hill 833), entered…
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Illegal settlers attacked a mosque in the village of Deir Istiya
16th January 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Deir Istiya, Occupied Palestine In the early morning of Wednesday the 15th January 2014, at 3:45 AM, the muezzin of the Deir Istiya village went from his home to the Abu Bakr mosque west of the village in order to prepare for the first prayer. He found the entrance…
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Illegal settlers burn two cars in the village of Madama
08th January 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Madama, Occupied Palestine Today, the 8th January 2014, at approximately 3am settlers entered the Palestinian village of Madama, south of Nablus and set fire to two cars. The cars were parked in the village center beside the home of the car owners. A villager from Madama and owner of one…
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Clashes in Qusra: olive trees destroyed and settlers beaten
08th January 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Qusra, Occupied Palestine Clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinian youth erupted yesterday after settlers attacked villagers from Qusra on their fields. Palestinians captured a group of settlers on their way to Qaryut after they had destroyed a number of olive trees. In the morning of the…
