In recent weeks, Israeli repression of human rights defenders in Masafer Yatta has intensified. This is part of a long-standing policy of intimidation and repression of non-violent activist work, particularly against HRDs affiliated with Youth of Sumud. The repression of HRDs in Masafer Yatta, most recent of which is the case of 19-year-old Mohammed Huraini […]
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Testimony of Mohammed Huraini in Israeli detention
On August 5, 2023, Israeli occupation forces arrested Mohammed Huraini from the village of Al-Twani, Masafer Yatta. Aged only 19 years old, Mohammed was was arrested several times by the Israeli military in the last couple of years. The recent detention of Mohammed comes as part of constant Israeli attempts to clamp down on activists […]
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Palestinians in Khirbet Tuba face increased settler violence
26-year-old Fatma Awad from Khirbet Tuba, Masafer Yatta was inside the cave that is her home preparing breakfast when a group of Israeli illegal settlers invaded her family’s land on August 2, 2023. The settlers sat up a tent near the family’s water well. “This is not the first time they do so,” Fatma asserted. The […]
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South American Black and Indigenous movements visit in Palestine
Seven delegates from Black, Indigenous and Favela movements from Brazil, Colombia and Ecuador visited Palestine to learn about the reality of Israeli apartheid, settler-colonialism and military occupation. For a week they have met with Palestinian communities in struggle and share experiences of organizing and mobilizing. The movements represented in the delegation include the United Black […]
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Urgent call for action: #DefendUmQussaSchool from Israeli demolition
Join in the #DefendOurSchools call for action to stop the imminent demolition of Khirbet Um Qussa School in Masafer Yatta. The looming demolition of Khirbet Um Qussa School sounds yet another the alarm bell about the demolition of several other schools in Masafer Yatta and Israel’s ethnic cleansing plans for at least eight villages in […]
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Educators of Masafer Yatta about schools under threat of demolition
Israeli denial of Palestinians’ right to education in Masafer Yatta is a central element of its efforts to ethnically cleanse Palestinian communities from their land. For years and despite Israeli restrictions on Palestinian construction in the area, Palestinians have been determined to defend their right to education by building schools in various communities in Masafer […]
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#EndEthnicCleansing: The struggle of the Sob Laban family for their home in Jerusalem
In the Old City of Jerusalem, Nora Gaith (68) and Mostafa Sub Laban (72) are awaiting the enforcement of a recent Israeli court decision to forcibly expel them from their home. June 11 was the date the Israeli authorities gave to the family to voluntarily leave their home, the latter refuse and continue to stay […]
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The West Bank faces the future of the #OngoingNakba.
For Palestinians, the expansion of Israeli settlement of their land through a process of violence, suffering, and ethnic cleansing is part of their ongoing Nakba – the catastrophe that has been befalling them since the creation of Israel in 1948. In the West Bank, Palestinians are experiencing the #OngoingNakba daily, it comes in many forms […]
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“We all collectively decided that the Nakba can’t continue any longer”
“The youth in this camp [Burj El-Barajneh] know nothing but Palestine, though they have never seen it. They know nothing but the loss of Palestine” Amina Al-Ashqar a Palestinian refugee in Burj Al-Barajneh refugee camp in Beirut, Lebanon explains the relationship between Palestinian refugees and their pillaged home. Today, Palestinians are marking the anniversary of […]
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Khader Adnan’s last victory
“The Israeli judge and prosecutor threatened him in court saying ‘You won over us 5 times, this will not happen this time.’” Randa Musa, Khader Adnan’s wife, recalled on the day of his death, after 86 days of hunger strike. And yet he did win one last time. Khader Adnan is an ex-political prisoner freed […]