Archive for the 'Nablus Region' Category

More than 200 protest Israeli waste dump at Deir Sharaf

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008 | Posted in Reports, Nablus Region, Photos

On 2nd December, more than 200 Palestinian, international and Israeli activists marched to the Palestinian lands on which Israeli settlers are preparing to dump solid waste.

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Palestinians assess damage as settlers rampage throughout northern West Bank

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008 | Posted in Reports, Nablus Region, Photos

On the evening of December 1st and the morning of December 2nd, hundreds of Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian homes and cars, burnt Palestinian property, desecrated mosques, intimidated Palestinian residents while insulting Islam.

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Israeli forces extra-judicially kill pardoned Palestinian

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008 | Posted in Reports, Nablus Region, Photos

At approximately 9:30pm on Monday 1st December, Israeli Special Forces entered Balata refugee camp in Nablus and arrested 28 year old Mohammad Kamal Abu Thraa - an ex-freedom fighter who had been granted amnesty by Israeli authorities in exchange for serving time in Palestinian prison. Two hours later he was pronounced dead from gunshot wounds.

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Candle-light vigil held in Nablus in solidarity with Gaza

Sunday, November 30th, 2008 | Posted in Reports, Nablus Region, Gaza Region, Photos

On the evening of November 30th, Palestinians from the West Bank city of Nablus assembled in the city centre to show support for the people of Gaza, who have been denied access to food, water, medicine and electricity as a result of the complete closure of the Gaza Strip by Israeli authorities.

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Soldiers invade Burqa demanding fingerprints on unknown Hebrew documents

Sunday, November 23rd, 2008 | Posted in Reports, Nablus Region, Photos

On 8th November 2008, at 1:15am, more than 20 Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Burqa, near Nablus, throwing over 100 sound bombs throughout the area. The soldiers entered fifteen houses in the village, forcing villagers at gunpoint to fingerprint mysterious documents written in Hebrew.

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Three people injured as Israeli forces attack demonstration against Homesh settlement

Sunday, November 23rd, 2008 | Posted in Reports, Nablus Region, Photos

Three people were injured near Homesh settlement on Friday 21st November, when Israeli military force fired tear gas and rubber bullets into a non-violent demonstration.

For the second week in a row, approximately 100...

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Israeli army stands by while settlers attack in Burin

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008 | Posted in Reports, Nablus Region, Photos

In the village of Burin on Tuesday November 18th, armed settlers from the nearby illegal Israeli settlement of Yizhar attacked Palestinian villagers, throwing rocks and shooting in the air.

At 8:40 pm, the houses...

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Israeli army attack Palestinian march to evacuated settlement of Homesh

Sunday, November 16th, 2008 | Posted in Reports, Nablus Region, Photos

Over 100 Palestinians and international activists were attacked by Israeli soldiers with tear gas and sound bombs as they attempted to march to the evacuated Israeli settlement Homesh from the village of Burqa, near Nablus, on Friday 14th November.

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Israeli soldiers terrorise villagers in Zawata

Saturday, November 8th, 2008 | Posted in Reports, Nablus Region, Photos

Three households were terrorised by Israeli soldiers in the village of Zawata on Friday night, 7th November.

At least twenty Israeli soldiers from the nearby military base at Shave Shomron stormed through the upper parts...

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Second arson attack in Burin in a week

Saturday, November 8th, 2008 | Posted in Reports, Nablus Region, Photos

For the second time in one week, Palestinian firefighters were called to put out a fire in Burin, a village south of Nablus. According to eyewitnesses, at approximately 3pm, on Thursday 6th November, Israeli settlers from the nearby illegal settlement of Bracha, burnt Palestinian farmers’ olive trees and agricultural irrigation systems.

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