Settler attacks are common and rarely prosecuted. NABLUS (Ma’an) — Settlers in the northern West Bank set up a roadblock and attacked a Nablus village on Thursday, a PA official said. Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settler activity in the northern West Bank, said that settlers blocked a main road that links the West Bank town [...]
(MaanImages/Rami Swidan, File) SALFIT (Ma’an) — Four Palestinians were hospitalized in the northern West Bank after they were attacked by Israeli settlers near Ramallah on Saturday, locals told Ma’an. Salfit residents said the two men and two women were picking tumbleweed near Mikhmas junction outside Ramallah, when a group of young Israelis approached them. The [...]
(MaanImages/File) HEBRON (Ma’an) — An Israeli settler shot an 18-year-old Palestinian in Hebron’s Old Cityon Tuesday morning, leaving him moderately injured, locals said.Medics at Al-Ahli Hospital in Hebron said Muhammad Hisham Abu Aker was shot in his right leg and is undergoing surgery. On Saturday, a Palestinian man was moderately injured when armed settlers stormed [...]
Palestinian demonstrators run as Israeli forces fire tear gas during a protest near Ramallah (Reuters/Mohamad Torokman, File) RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — A Palestinian man was shot and injured Saturday during clashes with Israeli settlers who attacked his village in the central West Bank, medical officials said. Hassan Muatan, 40, was shot in the abdomen after armed [...]
UN Report: Settlers Seizing Palestinians’ Water Supplies Palestinian Drinking Water Diverted to Tourist Sites by Jason Ditz, March 19, 2012 | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum A new report from the United Nations office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs turns attention to a [...]
A spring in Wadi al-Beidan near the West Bank city of Nablus. (MaanImages/Haytham Othman, File) By Jihan Abdalla NABI SALEH (Reuters) — Jewish settlers have seized dozens of natural springs in the occupied West Bank, barring Palestinians or limiting their access to scarce water sources, a United Nations report said on Monday. The UN Office [...]
Settlers smashed the windshield of a Palestinian car after attacking the vehicle with rocks.(MaanImages).Click image to see more. QALQILIYA (Ma’an) — Settlers threw rocks at a Palestinian car on a main road east of Qalqiliya on Monday, injuring three people including a toddler, the driver of the vehicle said. link http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=444507Adnan Suwwan told Ma’an that he [...]
An Israeli soldier stands guard near a Jewish settler during skirmishes near the West Bank village of Immatin.(MaanImages/file) NABLUS (Ma’an) — Hundreds of settlers stormed the Nablus village of Asira al-Qibliya overnight Sunday, causing damage to Palestinian property. Witnesses told Ma’an that around midnight more than 200 settlers from the notorious Yitzhar settlement entered the [...]
These short accounts of events in Palestine are included on this site to show how the actions against the Palestinians happen on a daily basis, seven days a week, There is no let up or no cessation as the Israeli drive to have it all continues. George Ikners ikners.com gikners@gmail.com A settler walks through [...]
JUAN GONZALEZ: The United Nations has called an emergency meeting to discuss the Horn of Africa drought, which it says has already claimed tens of thousands of lives. Famine was declared in two regions of Somalia on Wednesday, where 3.7 million people are in need of urgent humanitarian assistance. Another eight million people need food assistance [...]
Assad to address the nation as UN team arrives in Syria Published yesterday (updated) 21/08/2011 19:08 An image claiming to show Syrian anti-government protesters in the coastal town of Jableh, August 19. [AFP/File] DAMASCUS (AFP) — A UN humanitarian team was in Syria on Sunday to assess crisis needs as President Bashar Al-Assad prepared [...]
