Tag: Tulkarm
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Israeli forces demolish Palestinian farmhouse, assault family members
24th January 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, Tulkarm Team | Jin Safoot, occupied Palestine In the early morning, 18th January, hundreds of Israeli soldiers entered the Jin Safoot village to demolish a farmhouse belonging to the Palestinian farmer Faed. The barn was serving as a shelter for his animals and he wasn’t allowed to remove…
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Shufa village threatened as Israeli forces begin to excavate Palestinian land
4th January 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, Tulkarm Team | Shufa village, occupied Palestine On the 22nd of December, Israeli forces started excavating land belonging to the Palestinian village of Shufa. Residents fear the possibility of settlement expansion will threaten the future of their village. Shufa village is very close to Avne Hefez, an…
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Palestinians remove roadblock restricting movements of villagers near Tulkarm
December 18th, 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Tulkarm team | Shufa, occupied Palestine UPDATE 22nd December: After the removal of the road block during last weeks demonstration in Shufa village, Israeli forces told villagers that they will keep the road open in the future. But since then the road has remained closed almost every day,…
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Farmers protest closure of gate blocking them from accessing their land
18th of December, 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Tulkarm team | Deir al Ghsoon, occupied Palestine Hundreds of farmers protested on the morning of the 18th of December against the closure of an agricultural gate, which led Israeli commanders to agree to reopen the way. In 2002, 3200 dunumns of farmland got cut of from the…
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Palestinian workers forced to cross overcrowded checkpoint everyday
17th of December, 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Tulkarm team | Tulkarm, occupied Palestine In the early morning of the 17th of december, Israeli security guards kept parts of the al-Tayba checkpoint closed, causing tension and frustration among the waiting Palestinian workers. Every morning, 8000 to 10 000 Palestinians have to cross the al-Tayba checkpoint,…
