***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 […]
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Occupation Forces Confiscate Another 770 Dunums of West Bethlehem Land: 22,000 Palestinians Ghettoized between Walls and Colonies
Palestinians in the western areas of Bethlehem district have received new confiscation orders amounting to 770 dunums of land, taken for the Apartheid Wall and the expansion of the colonies in the Gush Etzion settlement bloc. Villages throughout this area are being ghettoized between two Apartheid Walls – one to be constructed close to the […]
Al-Walaja Villagers Pledge Steadfastness to Lands
***image2***Palestinians from the village of Al-Walaja, set to see their lands, livelihoods and futures decimated by the Apartheid Wall, gathered to mark the finale of Land Week and assert their resistance to the colonization project of the Occupation Forces. Around 200 villagers came together on Saturday April 9th to mark the culmination of a week […]
Apartheid Wall destroys Beit Surik’s Lands
***image2***Occupation Forces have started destroying lands in Beit Surik village northwest of Jerusalem for the Apartheid Wall. The Occupation bulldozers began razing lands in the northwestern part of the village on the 26th of February next to the settlement of Haradar. Haradar was built on 1500 dunums of land stolen from the village in 1980. […]
New Settlement in Beit Safafa: Further Isolation of Jerusalemites, further Settlement Expansion
Occupation Forces revealed a plan for a new settlement in Beit Safafa, southwest of Jerusalem city. The core of the existing settlement of Givâat Hamatos will now be made up of a new settlement comprising 1,850 housing units, and the adding of about 7,500 settlers to East Jerusalem. Originally, before 1967, the area of the […]
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 […]
Occupation Continues Targeting Jerusalem: In Anata, Occupation Forces Demolish 3 Houses, 25 Bedouin Homes and Countless Animal Shelters
***image2***On Monday, November 29, 2004, at 2:30 pm, Occupation Forcesâ military vehicles and bulldozers demolished three homes in the southwest section of the village of Anata, located northeast of Jerusalem. The house demolitions made 25 people homeless. At the same time, the Occupation Forces destroyed 25 Bedouin homes, together with their livestock shelters, in the […]
Occupation Forces Erecting the Apartheid Wall in Ram, Jerusalem-Ramallah Road
***image2***Occupation Forces began last week to put up the Apartheid Wall in Ar Ram village in north Jerusalem on the main street which connects Ramallah and Jerusalem, and which also links Jerusalem with the northern West Bank. The Wall through Ar Ram passes along the middle of the main road, separating the two sides of […]
Occupation Forces Issue House Demolition Orders to Residents of Anata for the Building of the Apartheid Wall
***image2***Last Thursday, September 2, the Occupation Forces forced demolition orders upon three Palestinians home owners in Anata, northeast of Jerusalem. The three houses threatened for demolition are owned by the Fhidat family in Anata. Younis Mohammad Younis Fhidat stated that the Occupation Forces issued orders for the demolition of three homes that are owned by […]
Construction of the Wall Continues in Rachel’s Tomb Area
Occupation forces continue building the Wall in the area of Rachel’s Tomb, and beginning on Friday 19th March, the Occupation forces have started erecting concrete blocks in the fields near the Armenian convent. The Wall is expected to continue according to the path prepared by the Occupation bulldozers, passing around Aida refugee camp, confiscating 200 […]