Tag: Tulkarem

  • Army Invades three Tulkarem towns

    30 April 2012 | IMEMC Israeli soldiers invaded on Sunday the towns of Dir al-Ghsoun, Bal’a and Shewika, near the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, installed several roadblocks and inspected the ID cards of dozens of residents. Israeli soldiers invaded on Sunday the towns of Dir al-Ghsoun, Bal’a and Shewika, near the northern West…

  • Israeli army arrests teenagers at protest north of Tulkarem

    20 February 2011 | International Solidarity Movement Eight young Palestinian men were arrested by the Israeli military yesterday in the village of Deir Al Ghusun, north of Tulkarem. Three of them remain in custody, Jala Anwar, Omar Abu Safa and Sohayb Abu Shakra, all aged 17 years. The teenagers were taking part in a protest…

  • Tulkarem and Ramallah mark the seventh anniversary of the death of Rachel Corrie

    16 March 2010 On March 16th 2003, an Israeli bulldozer killed the American activist Rachel Corrie in Rafah, Gaza. Today, in Kafr Sur, near Tulkarem, and in Ramallah, family, friends and supporters gathered together to commemorate the anniversary of her murder. Students of Kafr Sur Secondary School, who have been working on a research project…