“Israeli soldiers held me captive for eight hours in the hot summer sun,” says Sami Huraini as he narrates how he was arrested and harassed by the Israeli occupation yesterday, June 28. After eight hours of detention, humiliation and dehumanization Sami was released. Sami, who is a grassroots organizer and co-founder of Youth of Sumud, […]
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Israeli live-fire military training in Masafer Yatta is ongoing
For a week, Israeli soldiers along with their guns, bulldozers, military jeeps, tanks and helicopters have been invading Palestinian villages in Masafer Yatta. This is part of the live-fire military training that has started on June 21, 2022 and will last for two more weeks. The Israeli army’s military training is being carried out in […]
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Call to Action: Join the Masafer Yatta World Tour
The ethnic cleansing of Masafer Yatta is well under way. Israeli military and settlers are demolishing homes at increasing speed – and they want the world ignore it! That’s why yesterday, June 13, 2022, the Israeli military delivered the final demolition order for the center run by Youth of Sumud, in the village of At-Tuwani, […]
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Who is aiding Israel? Corporate complicity in Masafer Yatta ethnic cleansing
On June 1, 2022 tens of Israeli soldiers and JCB, Volvo and Caterpillar bulldozers raided the villages of Al-Fakheet and Al-Markez and demolished seven residential tents and animal shacks, leaving families along with their herds homeless. This is the second time these families lose their homes in less than a month. On May 11, 2022, the Israeli […]
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New Resource Page: Defend Masafer Yatta
On May 4, the Israeli High Court ruled in favour of the ethnic cleansing of some 1,300 Palestinians living in eight villages in the area of Masafer Yatta. This would be the largest expulsions carried out by the Israeli apartheid regime since the 1970s. Yet, we know that grassroots resistance combined with international pressure is […]
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Nakba @74: 2 new videos to #EndEthnicCleansing
On this 74th anniversary of the start of the Nakba, the Palestinian people continue rising up against Israeli apartheid and ethnic cleansing. Hear from four Palestinian activists resisting until liberation, and then take action! The Nakba is happening now. Israel’s colonial regime violently forced 750,000 native Palestinians off their land in 1948. It has continued […]
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Nakba @74 – Visions of Liberation
On this 74th anniversary of the start of the Nakba, the Palestinian people continue rising up against Israeli apartheid and ethnic cleansing. Hear from four Palestinian activists resisting until liberation, and then take action! The Nakba is happening now. Israel’s colonial regime violently forced 750,000 native Palestinians off their land in 1948. It has continued […]
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Masafar Yatta, south of Hebron, is composed of 20 Palestinian villages. Palestinians have been living and herding their livestock there since generations. On May 4, Israeli courts gave the green light for the demolition of 8 of these villages (hamlets), home to some 1300 people. Israel can now advance the ethnic cleansing of the area, […]
Timeline of apartheid Israel’s attempts to ethnically cleanse Masafar Yatta
1981 Israel declared a new military training zone in the area of Masafer Yatta, spanning 3,000 hectares (30,000 dunams) within which 12 Palestinian villages are located: Jinbeh, Al-Mirkez, Al-Halaweh, Halat a-Dab’a, Al-Fakheit, A-Tabban, Al-Majaz, A-Sfai, Megheir Al-Abeid, Mufagara, A-Tuba, and Sarura. 1999 700 residents of Firing Zone 918 were evicted. 2000 In March, the Israeli […]
Defend Masafar Yatta
We know that grassroots resistance combined with international pressure is the only way to make a difference. Masafar Yatta, in the south of Hebron, is home to 20 Palestinian communities, which have been living and herding their livestock in the area since generations. Now, Israel wants to demolish 8 of these communities to ethnically cleanse […]