Tag: Susiya
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Settlers desperately try to fit the role by stealing olives
by Aida Gerard 25 October 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On Tuesday, illegal settlers from the Susiya settlement harvested the olive trees belonging to the Abu Sabha family from Susiya and Yatta, South Hebron Hills. Around 12 o’ clock a villager from the area spotted two settlers picking olives from the land of…
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After decade of demolitions, Susiya shepherd will continue to herd
11 October 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On 10 October an Israeli army jeep filled with Israeli soldiers and a representative from the District Coordination Office (DCO) drove down the dirt track roads from the neighboring military base towards the small village of Susiya. The purpose of this visit was to serve yet…
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Israeli settlers set fire to a house-tent in the Palestinian village of Susiya
10 September 2011 | Operation Dove and Christian Peacemaker Teams [Note: According to the Fourth Geneva Convention, the Hague Regulations, the International Court of Justice, and several United Nations resolutions, all Israeli settlements and outposts in the Occupied Palestinian Territories are illegal. Most settlement outposts, including Havat Ma’on (Hill 833), are considered illegal also under…
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Home demolitions in Amniyr, a community north of Susiya in the South Hebron Hills
International Solidarity Movement This morning the Israeli army demolished homes, wells and trees in the village of Susiya, South Hebron Hills. Two families were made homeless. A total of five tents, two wells and a number of olive trees were demolished. Tens of troops and two bulldozers were used. Neighbours were prevented from reaching the…
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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…
