Tag: Yitzhar Settlement
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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…
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Mapping a pattern of Israeli violence in Burin
13 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank The pattern of settler and military invasion of Burin, a village near Nablus, is what locals and internationals are mapping to brace themselves for more property damage, violence, and threats by nearby illegal settlements and hardcore adherents to the volatile “Price Tag Campaign.” If the pattern…
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Settler violence rages in Nablus area
by Jonas Weber 29 February 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Yesterday, violence erupted close to Joseph’s Tomb when settlers gathered near the site. Youths from Balata refuge camp came out to chase the settlers off but where kept at a distance by the soldiers that accompanied the illegal settlers as usual. This is…
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61 year old released from hospital after Yitzhar settler attack
by Fransisco Reeves 15 February 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Following her horrific ordeal of having her family’s vehicle attacked by Zionist settlers in early February, Maysar Abd Al Majeed Ghanem is finally healthy enough to return to home. The attack resulted in Ghanem spending 36 hours in the Intensive Care Unit and…
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Asira al Qibliiya: “The time for settler attacks is now”
by Amal 11 February 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank As warm days sneak into this cold month of February, illegal settlers begin their season of attacks early. Although there is no “off season” for settler attacks, the number of these criminal acts increases in the spring and summer. The residents of Asira al…
