BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A group of settlers is determined to rebuild an illegal outpost destroyed Thursday, hours after its establishment in an event attended by hundreds in the northern West Bank. “Regev” was built 200 meters from a home in the illegal Itamar settlement where an Israeli family was found murdered in March. The new […]
Continue readingSettlers set up a new settlement post near Awarta
[ 22/04/2011 – 09:24 AM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– Jewish settlers started on Thursday bulldozing large areas of Palestinian land belonging to the villagers of Awarta to the south east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus to establish a new settlement outpost. Eyewitnesses said that occupation bulldozers levelled areas of land to setup mobile […]
Continue readingTeenager detained from Awarta overnight
April 18, 2011 NABLUS (Ma’an) — Israeli forces raided the northern West Bank village of Awarta early morning Monday, ransacked a home and detained a 16-year-old teenager, the mayor of the village Qays Awwad told Ma’an. Tawfiq Hindawi Qawareiq, was taken from his home at 1:30 a.m., and appears to be the latest detained in […]
Continue readingReport: Breakthrough in Itamar murders probe
April 17, 2011 JERUSALEM (Ma’an) – Israeli authorities are expected to lift a gag order Sunday on details of the investigation into the killing of five Israelis in Itamar settlement in March, the Israeli press reported. Israeli army chief of staff Benny Gantz met Friday with members of the Fogel family who survived the attack […]
Continue readingTwo hospitalized following Awarta raid
Thursday, April 14 2011| Joseph Dana | +972 Magazine Despite Israeli media claims that a breakthrough in the murder investigation of the Fogel family is close, the village of Awarta continues to experience collective punishment. At about 2 AM on the night of 13 April dozens of soldiers entered Awarta as they have been for […]
Continue readingIsrael Arrests Awarta Village
13.04.11 – 14:31- PNN – Palestine News Network By Jameil Dababat – Over the past 33 days of constant Israeli military operation targeting the northern West Bank village of Awarta, near Nablus, it is now correct to say that the Israeli secret service and troops have arrested all the villagers, interrogating them and taking their […]
Continue readingNetanyahu approves building in Itamar settlement in WB
[ 12/04/2011 – 05:34 PM ] NAZARETH, (PIC)– Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu has approved construction plans of buildings in Itamar settlement north of the occupied West Bank, Hebrew media reported on Tuesday. Yediot Ahronot said that Netanyahu and his war minister Ehud Barak had agreed to the step, which would also allow development of buildings […]
Continue reading80 Year Old Woman arrested as Awarta arrests continue
[ 12/04/2011 – 05:47 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– An eighty-year-old woman was arrested as the Israel occupation force (IOF) causes havoc in Awarta village near Nablus in search for the killers of a family of five Jewish settlers in nearby Itamar. A burst of arrests took place after the IOF enforced a curfew on the […]
Continue readingWhy are the security forces detaining hundreds in Awarta?
Tuesday, April 12 2011|Yossi Gurvitz | +972 Magazine Former IDF Chief Rabbi calls for collective punishment of Palestinian villages in the West Bank In 1990, I was serving as an operations sergeant in the Dir El Balah – a town in the Gaza Strip – in the so-called Civil Administration. On Rosh Hashana of that year, a reservist […]
Continue readingAwarta residents detained from Ramallah
April 12, 2011 NABLUS (Ma’an) — Concern is mounting for the residents of Awarta, as 71 villagers including a teenage girl and two elderly women remain held in Israeli custody without charge, and official visits to ensure their well being were prevented by Israeli forces. Detentions of Awarta residents spread even outside of the village […]
Continue readingAwarta 1 Month under Siege: Collective Punishment Beneath the Blanket of World’s Silence & Ignorance
SPECIAL TOPIC …continuous updates… occupiedpalestine | Apr 12, 2011 For 1 whole month now, the Village of ‘ Awarta is under curfew, suffering of disgusting Israeli agrression, curfews, arrest, violent forced DNA tests. While actually, no one at all has been charged officialy for the horrible killing of 5 Jewish Settlers in the nearby situated […]
Continue reading14 year old girl taken in the latest wave of Awarta arrests
11 April 2011 | International Solidarity Movement Halaa aged 6, kicked by soldiers as they raided her home On Saturday night the Israeli army once again raided Awarta, putting the village under curfew for the fifth time since the murder in the illegal settlement of Itamar on 11th March. Awarta is situated next to […]
Continue reading20 arrested as curfew continues in Awarta
[ 11/04/2011 – 12:16 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– The Israel occupation forces (IOF) have enforced a curfew, escalated home searches and arrested dozens, including several women, as the attack on the Awarta village south of Nablus continues. Awarta mayor Qais Awwad said Monday that the IOF has concentrated operations since Monday morning in the […]
Continue readingRights group calls for monitoring of mass Awarta arrests
April 11, 2011 RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — The Ramallah-based rights group Addameer issued a call Sunday for international observation and intervention over the mass arrest campaigns being carried out in the West Bank village of Awarta by Israeli forces. Sunday morning another nine men and women were detained, bringing to five the number of arrest raids, […]
Continue readingIsraeli Military Operation Continues in Awarta
11.04.11 – 10:53 | PNN Nablus – PNN – The Israeli military operation targeting the southern West Bank village of Awarta near Nablus continued on Monday for the third consecutive day. Troops Arresting Civilians in the West Bank – Archive The head of the village council, Qayes Awad, said that the village still lies under […]
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