The Occupation has confiscated 180 dunums of agricultural land from the villages of Deir Sharaf and Qusin, located northwest of Nablus, for use as a trash dump. This comes as the official sanctioning of a practice that has been ongoing since 2002 and has caused extensive damage to the agriculture and health of the villagers. […]
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Uprooting and Land Devastation – Renewed Attacks in Ramin
Occupation Forces destroyed over 50 trees belonging to villagers in Ramin on the evening of Monday May the 8th, as devastation of Palestinian land in the region continued. Soldiers used chainsaws to uproot 6 dunums of land running close to a main Palestinian road. The road now usurped by settlers for their own exclusive use […]
Apartheid Wall Foundations Dismantled in Bil’in: The Resistance Continues
***image2***Clashes ensued for several hours in Bili’n on Friday June 24th as Occupation Forces attacked Palestinians confronting the Apartheid Wall with an array of sound bombs, rubber bullets and tear gas. Later a section of the Wall path foundations – built by Occupation Forces over the last week – was destroyed as Palestinians continued their […]
Protestors in Beit Surik Pledge That Resistance to the Apartheid Wall Will Continue
***image2***Farmers and villagers in Beit Surik have organized a series of demonstrations to protest against the construction of the Apartheid Wall in the village and the confiscation of their lands. The Occupation this week restarted the destruction and isolation of 2,500 dunums of the villageâs land. More than 1,000 trees have been uprooted in the […]
Protestors Descend on Muqata Calling for Destruction of Apartheid Wall
Around 300 demonstrators â most from the nearby village of Bil’in – gathered in downtown Ramallah during the evening of May 23rd to protest the ongoing colonization of their lands by the Apartheid Wall. Congregating at the cityâs Al Manara central square, demonstrators lit torches and marched to the Palestinian Authority (PA) Muqata Compound with […]
Another Day in the North: More Land Confiscations and Settlement Expansion
Throughout the West Bank, the Occupationâs network of control and oppression is unceasing in its expansion. The Apartheid Wall, Jewish-only settler bypass roads, settlements and military zones are rapidly being constructed on land stolen from Palestinian villages. In Tulkarem district, recent weeks have seen the theft of thousands of dunums more land by the Occupation. […]
LAND CONFISCATIONS GATHER PACE IN HEBRON
The Wall Prepares to Swallow the Land of Sammu and Dhahriya ***image2***Occupation Forces have issued confiscation orders in the villages of Sammu and Dhahriya in the far south of Hebron district, in order to carry out the latest phase of the Apartheid Wall, as laid out in the new February Wall Plan. According to sources […]
Days before the Sharm Al Sheikh Summit and following Al Jib: New Confiscation Orders in Beit Hanina to Devastate People’s Lives
***image2***The Occupation Forces gave on February 7th 2005, confiscation orders for the Wall in Beit Hanina village, northwest Jerusalem, four days after those given to Al Jib village, that will be put in the same ghetto together with Beit Hanina, Qalandiya, Judeira and Bir Nabala. These confiscation orders were all given days before the Sharm […]
Gates Equal Continuous Suffering
***image2***On Monday, August 16, Occupation Forces began closing the Tura gate in Jenin District, which is used by five Palestinian villages. The villages, Tura, Um Rehan, Dhahr al Malih, Al Amrah and Ar Ra’adye are dependent on this gate and were annexed to the West by the Apartheid Wall. So now, the people in these […]
Gates Equal Continuous Suffering
***image2***On Monday, August 16, Occupation Forces began closing the Tura gate in Jenin District, which is used by five Palestinian villages. The villages, Tura, Um Rehan, Dhahr al Malih, Al Amrah and Ar Ra’adye are dependent on this gate and were annexed to the West by the Apartheid Wall. So now, the people in these […]