Colonization of Palestine is accelerating. Everywhere new settlements, or colonies, grow up like mushrooms in a damp forest. Colonists in majority In Salfeet area there are now 19 Palestinian villages and 25 Israeli colonies. A new road between the colonies and the other side of the Green line is only for Israelis. According […]
Tag: Land and Resource Theft
Israel Splits The Palestinian Territories
The village of Qaryout and the surrounding villages in the Nablus Governorate has been occupied for more than 17.412 days. On the hilltops in this area, which marks the connection between the northern and the central West Bank, there are a number of Zionist semi-military settlements: Six in all and the seventh in planning. […]
The Resistance Continues
Along with the International Campaign to Stop the Jewish National Fund, Stop The Wall Campaign, the Palestinian Farmers’ Union, the Land Defense Coalition and the municipality of Aqraba organized a day of voluntary work to plant olive trees in Khirbet Twaiel, east of Aqraba in Nablus district. Khirbet Twaiel is targeted for destruction and evacuation […]
New massive land grab in Bethlehem
The Israeli Civil Administration announced on Sunday, August 31th the planning takeover of almost 4000 dunums (approx. 1000 acres) in the area near to Betlehem. This is the biggest land confiscation in one announcement in the last 30 years. This massive appropriation affects five Palestinian villages called Jaba, Surif, Wadi Fukin, Husan and Nahalin. […]
The people of “khilet Nahleh” set up tents in their lands challenging settlers
2 6 2014 the people of "khilet Nahleh" in Bethlehem succeeded to set up another tent in the region, as the people of the village and Popular Resistance activists did set up a tent on the territory of the village before. Hasan Briggah, the coordinator of the National Committee of Popular Resistance in Bethlehem, said […]
Settlement plan to create a cemetery to bury settlers in north of Salfit
A number of workers in the "Ariel" settlement, that is built by force on the territory of the city of Salfit in the northern West Bank, said that settlers there are working on a scheme to create a cemetery in the northern area of ââthe city to bury the dead settlers. They added that […]
Israel approved building of more than 2,800 housing units and over 1000 trees uprooted in March.
2042014 Although negotiations continue between the Palestinian and Israeli sides, there has been no change on the daily practices Israeli government and settlers implement in the occupied territories. Reports indicate that, in March, the Israeli government approved the building of 2840 housing units in the city of Jerusalem and the rest of the West Bank. The […]
Occupation forces suppressed an activity to plant olive seedlings in Susia area
15 2 2014, Israeli occupation forces suppressed an activity to plant olive seedlings in Susia area in Hebron, they also prevented activists from reaching Al Mkfarah and Atwana regions to plant olive seedlings. More than 150 Stop the Wall and Farmers Union activists planted 200 olive seedlings in Susia area and distributed 300 seedlings […]
Planting “Freedom Seedlings” activities continues.
8 2 2014, Dozens of volunteers of Palestinians Farmers Union, Stop the Wall Campaign, Kafr al-Labad Association, and some farmers, planted olive seedlings in "Alhvasi" region, under the auspices of the Ministry of Agriculture, and the Palestinian and Arab Society for the Protection of Nature . They planted seedlings near "Ifni Havis" settlement, which was […]
Israeli forces detained STW activists near the Jordan Valley.
8 2 2014, This morning, Occupation Forces detained four Popular Resistance activists on Tayaseer barrier, while they were heading to Al Hadedieh area in the northern Jordan Valley. The Israeli army detained Sohail Al Salman, the Committees coordinator of Stop the Wall campaign; as well as detaining the activists Omar Mansour, and Salah al-Khawaja, who […]