Tag: Yitzhar Settlement
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Ongoing attacks result in injuries and 17 miscarriages in Urif, West Bank
29 January 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus, Occupied Palestine The Israeli army and illegal settlers have been, on almost daily basis for the past two months, invading and attacking the village of Urif in the West Bank. A local doctor reports that these actions have inflicted 17 miscarriages only in the month of December,…
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The most violent settlement in the West Bank encroaches on Asira al Qibliya
27 January 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Asira al Qibliya, Occupied Palestine According to OCHA statistics Yizhar is the most violent settlement in the whole of the West Bank with 70 recorded incidents in 2011 alone. Every week there is at least one attack by Yizhar settlers in the six affected villages. Four months ago,…
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Continued harrassment of the Nasser family in Madama
27 January 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Madama, Occupied Palestine A month after unprovoked settler and army attacks, the victim of severe violence Mamun Nasser remains in Israeli prison. The arrest of yet another member of the Nasser family, Amir Nasser, shows Israeli army’s continued harassment in Madama. On December 18th the notorious security guard…
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Big punishments for small hopes
by Haroun Zeitoun 26 January 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Burin, Occupied Palestine This morning in Burin, the village that sits in the valley between the Yizhar and Bracha colonial settlements just south of Nablus, saw a small yet high-spirited group plant olive trees. The task was done within an hour and afterwards international activists…
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Settlers attack Urif and Qusra with guns, knives and stones
January 10th, 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Urif and Qusra, Occupied Palestine As the villages around Nablus woke up to the rare scene of a snow-covered landscape, Israeli settlers violently attacked groups of youngsters playing with snow in the villages of Urif and Qusra. Two people were both hit in the leg by live bullets…
