Tag: Urif

  • Urif under attack

    Urif under attack

    26 December 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, Urif, Occupied Palestine Over the past three days, the village of Urif, south of Nablus, has been under constant attack from Israeli settlers and soldiers. Soldiers invaded the village twice and numerous people sustained injuries from rubber-coated steel bullets and tear gas canisters. People in Urif said that…

  • Settlers set mosque on fire in Urif, West Bank

    Settlers set mosque on fire in Urif, West Bank

    by Vincent Redheart and Anas Green 19th November 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Today, Monday 19 of November at around 4 am, a bunch of settlers from the illegal settlement of Yitzhar set a mosque in the village of Urif on fire. The door has been damaged and the prayer mats were severely…

  • Urif: Israeli settlers attack village, Palestinian shot in abdomen

    By Tete Tele 26 May 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On May 26, the village of Urif, south of Nablus, was attacked by Israeli settlers from the illegal Yitzhar settlement. Extensive amounts of agricultural land belonging to Urif were burned and settlers threw stones and shot live ammunition at civilians from the village.…

  • Yitzhar settlers attack school children in Urif

    Yitzhar settlers attack school children in Urif

    by Chris Beckett 29 April 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Urif is a Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate of the northern occupied West Bank, located thirteen kilometres South of Nablus. The town has a population of just under 3000 inhabitants and is overlooked by the illegal Israeli colony of Yitzhar. Last week…