Tag: Tulkarem

  • Houses an Far’un village face imminent demolition

    Two houses in the village of Far’un, near Tulkarem, are under threat of imminent demolition as the deadline given by the Israeli authorities for residents to evacuate their homes has come and passed. The original deadline, which fell on 3rd February 2008, was met with a show of community resistance, with up to 100 villagers…

  • In the buildup to Annapolis, Israel continues with Human Rights violations and killings in Tulkarem

    Sunday saw the assassination of a young man, Mohammed Qawzah, known as “Azzalayim,” from Tulkarem refugee camp. Azzalayim, 23, believed he had been granted amnesty and pardon by Israeli authorities, but was shot dead at a coffee shop near his Tulkarem refugee camp home Sunday afternoon. A Tulkarem source reported that Qawzah had been told…

  • Journal: About the Combatants for Peace Meeting in Shufa

    Shufa, Tulkarem Area, 14th August 2007 Members of Combatants for Peace with the Vice President of the European Parliament Louisa Morgantini A meeting of Combatants for Peace, with an audience of more than one hundred people, took place in this small village adjacent to the illegal settlement of Avne Hafez and with a checkpoint blocking…

  • The story of Sima – Female Political Prisoner

    Sima is a 35 year old Palestinian woman who was released approximately four months ago following two and a half years in an underground Israeli jail. She has four young children who were left without any parents during her stay in prison, as the Israeli army had assassinated her husband a little while prior to…

  • Tulkarm Struggles Against the Wall, Settlements and Israeli Chemical Factories

    The Tulkarm area covers the city of Tulkarm and 31 villages in its surrounding areas. In this area live approximately 180,000 inhabitants. About 45,000 live in the city itself, 18,000 live the larger refugee camp and 8,000 in the smaller camp. Tulkarm is only 13 km away from the Mediterranean Sea by the Israeli town…