Category Archives: Settler violence

Urgent call for intervention in attempted creation of new settlement in Hebron

Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon will decide by April 11 whether or not settlers will be allowed to move into the Al Rajabi building in the Palestinian neighborhood of Wadi Hussein. If settlers  take possession of the building, the humanitarian … Continue reading

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Spring orchard cultivation prevented by soldiers in Beit Ummar

On the morning of March 1 three Israeli soldiers prevented a family from Beit Ummar from working in their orchard, and forced the family to leave their land, which lies directly below the settlement of Bat Ayin. Beit Ummar is … Continue reading

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Settlers prevent restorations on new store front

On February 23rd 2014 twenty settlers, led by Baruch Marzel, sat down at two tables covered in food on the side of the Sahleh street, near the Ibrahimi mosque, impeding construction and renovation work on a new shop. Baruch Marzel … Continue reading

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Palestinian activists successfully plant 100 olive trees in fields targeted by settlers

The following news release is from Operation Dove’s team in Tuwani, South Heborn Hills.  Operation Dove provides protective presence and accompaniment to the Masafer Yatta area.  Five days previous to this action Israeli settlers uprooted and destroyed 80 Palestinian olive … Continue reading

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Spring Planting in Wadi al Hussein, Al Khalil

February 16, 2014 Friends and internationals gathered today to plant olive saplings in a Palestinian orchard in Wadi al Hussein.  The 25 one-year-old trees replaced mature trees which were damaged by last month’s winter storm in Al Khalil.  The orchard … Continue reading

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Settlers attack Palestinian shepherds, Israeli activists and internationals during nonviolent action in South Hebron Hills

Below is a press release that Christian Peacemaker Team’s colleagues Operation Dove wrote about a settler attack on February 8 2014.  Operation Dove coordinates the international presence in Firing Zone 918 in which CPT participates. Settlers attack Palestinian shepherds, Israeli … Continue reading

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SOUTH HEBRON HILLS: Umm al-Kher facing settler attacks, settlement expansion and a lawsuit from Karmel

SOUTH HEBRON HILLS: Umm al-Kher facing settler attacks, settlement expansion and a lawsuit from Karmel Umm al-Kher is a village of about 135 people from the al-Hathaleen Bedouin who fled from their original lands near the Israeli city of Arad … Continue reading

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From the Tel Rumeida CPTnet Archives: March-April 1996 Updates

In 1996, CPT’s Hebron team began sending out “Updates,” a collection of brief anecdotes and conversations that did not merit a full release, but which offered a glimpse into life as the team was experiencing it in Hebron.  Below are … Continue reading

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Follow-up on settler incursion into al-Sharif building

In a follow-up visit to the derelict al-Sharif home that Israeli settlers broke into on 23 January, CPTers examined the entrances that the settlers damaged  to provide them access near the Ibrahimi Mosque/ Cave of Macpelah.  The Hebron Rehabilitation Committee … Continue reading

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From the Tel Rumeida CPTnet Archives: November 1995 “After the Rabin Assassination”

Yigal Amir’s assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin on 4 November 1995 dramatically changed the work of the Hebron team.  Amir turned out to have been one of the key organizers of the Saturday afternoon street thuggery in Hebron, so … Continue reading

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