Tag: Tulkarem

  • Farmers in Shufa denied access to their lands for 5th year in a row

    Ahmad Droubi and his 80 year old father, Mahmoud, were refused access to their olive groves located within the illegal settlement of Avne Hefez for the third time this week, despite having received prior permission from Israeli authorities. Private security guards at the settlement refused to allow the farmers, accompanied by international activists, entry to…

  • Shufa village plunged into darkness for sixth day

    The village of Shufa in Tulkarem has been without electricity for the sixth day in a row, after the municipality generators, which are the only power source for the village, burnt out. Shufa has inexplicably been denied connection to the main electricity grid by Israeli authorities since 2001, despite the fact that all of the…

  • Israeli army threaten to arrest young boy unless Summer camp in Qaffin is closed

    On 28th of June the Israeli army entered a Summer camp for children in Qaffin and detained one boy of 13 years old for five hours. To get him released the mayor was forced to agree to shutting down the camp. The army claimed that boys had been throwing stones at the nearby wall. They…