Tag: Tulkarem

  • Nine hours to get home

    by Ash August 20, 2005 UPDATE: Last night, five Palestinians were killed by the Israeil Occupation Forces in Tulkarem On the way home yesterday, I was stopped 6 times at Israeli checkpoints traveling from Ramallah to Tulkarem. These were not pop-up checkpoints this time — a little different this week — but concrete at both…

  • A Family from Saida

    By L. We met with a family from Saida at the home of one of their relatives. Here, we were filled in on the situation. They recounted that the Israeli army had occupied the house of Sharif Abdul Ghani four days ago. Whilst stationed there, some of the soldiers came further into the village and…

  • Shop flattening scheduled by illegal expansion

    Eight shops next to the Israeli Chemical factory built on land stolen from Tul Karem municipality are scheduled to be destroyed in fourteen days. Built in 1996, and owned by Ali Qasim, the shops have been closed since September 2000 due to IDF operations including gunfire, rendering the village unsafe. Seventeen propriotors received notices on…