Tag Archives: Beit Ummar

Farmer: Settlers uproot trees in Beit Ummar

Maan News Agency | Aug 24, 2011 HEBRON (Ma’an) — Settlers from the illegal Bat Ayin settlement, northwest of Hebron, have uprooted olive, plum and grape trees belonging to a local farmer in Beit Ummar. Hamad Abdul Hamid Sleiby told Ma’an that settlers attacked his land in Beit Ummar for the fifth time on Tuesday. […]

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Israeli forces detain 4 in Beit Ummar

Published today 14:04 HEBRON (Ma’an) — Israeli forces raided Beit Ummar on Saturday evening and detained four residents during a ceremony to honor Palestinian prisoners, Ma’an’s correspondent and the army said. Israeli soldiers fired tear gas and live ammunition during the raid on the town north of Hebron, witnesses said. An Israeli military spokeswoman said […]

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Six Palestinians wounded in IOF incursion

[ 03/08/2011 – 01:31 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) raided the village of Beit Ummar, north of Al-Khalil, wounding six citizens in the process including five of one family and arresting a youth. The anti-settlement committee in the village said that the IOF soldiers broke into several homes during the raid and […]

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Palestinian man still under arrest after demonstration in Beit Ommar on Saturday

29 June 2011 | Beit Ommar | ISM Two international activists are released following their arrest and court hearing in Jerusalem, while a Palestinian man is still under custody following a peaceful demonstration in Beit Ommar that occurred on June 25th. The two international activists and a 22 year old Palestinian were brutally arrested during […]

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Nakba Day demonstrations started by young school girls in Beit Ommar – video

PalestineSolidarity on May 17, 2011 Video of Nakba demonstrations on May 15, 2011, in the West Bank village of Beit Ommar and nearby refugee camp of Aroub. The ‘Nakba’ (literally, ‘catastrophe,’) is recognized every year on May 15th, to commemorate the 1948 ethnic cleansing of Palestine. Read more at http://www.palestinesolidarityproject.org Source: Palestine Video Related Special […]

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Beit Ommar Demonstration against the Apartheid Wall and Settlements – May 7, 2011 – video

Palestine Solidarity Project | Beit Ommar | May 7, 2011 Three members of the Beit Ommar National Committee against the Wall and Settlements were injured this afternoon in a demonstration near the Israeli Karmei Tsur settlement. Yousef Abu Marya, age 36, had his wrist broken in two places by Israeli soldiers, while Ahmed Abu Hashem, […]

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Beit Ummar: Israel to demolish shops

May 2, 2011 HEBRON (Ma’an) — Two Beit Ummar residents received demolition warnings from Israel’s Civil Administration on Monday Local officials said the orders stated that shops and sheds had been built too close to the main road in the town. Beit Ummar activist Muhammad Ayyad Awad told Ma’an that the warrants warned citizens that […]

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Beit Ummar residents say town under siege

April 17, 2011 HEBRON (Ma’an) — Israeli forces erected checkpoints around the town of Beit Ummar Sunday afternoon, and carried out several home invasions, delivering summons to appear for questioning to at least one resident, locals said. Town activist Mohammad Ayyad Awwad told Ma’an that the measures came as part of an increase in restrictions […]

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Protest in Beit Ommar against closure / Manifestation a Beit Ommar contre la fermeture du village

Posted by Anne Paq  at PS.HADNEWS.COM on Sunday, April 3, 2011 at 6:11 pm. (c) Anne Paq/Activestills,org, Beit Ommar, 02.04.2011 A spontaneous protest by tayyush activists against the closure of Beit Ommar was shut down by the Israeli army and police on 02.04.2011. The Israeli soldiers assaulted the activists, threw sound bombs and detained 18, […]

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“The army crossed another red line:” Report from Beit Ummar

Sunday, April 3 2011|Joseph Dana | 972 Magazine The Israeli army arrested 19 Jewish peace activists who held a demonstration outside of the West Bank village of Beit Ummar on Saturday. One of the activists who was arrested and beaten shares his recollection of the day’s events. An Israeli peace activist in Beit Ummar yesterday. […]

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Israeli forces continue to surround Beit Ummar

April 3, 2011 HEBRON (Ma’an) — Israeli forces detained a teenager in Beit Ummar on Sunday as the army’s siege on the West Bank town continues, local officials said. Popular committee spokesman Mohammad Ayad Awwad said Israeli troops had surrounded Beit Ummar for 13 days, since the army blocking all entrances to the town with […]

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Soldiers seal off Palestinian town and arrest teenagers after settler attacks

Posted by gazasolidarity at PSHAD.news.com on Tuesday, March 29, 2011 at 2:15 pm. IDF seals off town of Beit Ommar on the West Bank and arrests teenagers, all because a stone was thrown at a settler four days ago, while settlers themselves are allowed to attack Palestinians with near impunity. On 21 March a settler […]

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Settlers clash with Jerusalemite family, settler runs over youth

[ 04/10/2010 – 11:08 AM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Israeli settlers attacked Al-Qarsh family in Al-Sa’diya neighborhood in occupied Jerusalem on Sunday night and tried to remove their furniture from their house. The settlers claim they own the house which they or their ancestors have never lived in before. The Israeli police intervened to protect […]

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