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Israeli army tanks in the northern part of the Jordan Valley during extensive military drills in the area, May 4th. (Jordan Valley Solidarity)
Hundreds of Palestinians displaced in Jordan Valley by IDF ‘training exercises’
Dozens of Palestinian families in the Jordan Valley were displaced last week by huge military drills conducted by the Israeli army. The disruption, and damage left behind, are representative of the wider problems of dispossession and control experienced by Palestinians living in this part of the West Bank. Hundreds of Palestinians in the Jordan Valley…
By Natasha Roth-Rowland May 10, 2015
Palestinians survey the damage inside Aqraba's mosque, which was set on fire early Tuesday morning, October 14, 2014. (Photo by Rabbis for Human Rights)
West Bank mosque set ablaze in suspected settler attack
The olive harvest is historically a period when settler violence against Palestinians and their trees increase. The name of a local settlement from which two youths were arrested last week is spray painted onto the mosque’s wall. A West Bank mosque was set on fire and vandalized early Tuesday morning in what on the surface…
By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man October 14, 2014
Israeli soldiers from a special army unit take part in a search operation raid a Palestinian shop in the West Bank town of Hebron. June 18, 2014 (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)
In search of teens, soldiers ‘looted’ Palestinian homes
Palestinians reported numerous incidents of looting by IDF soldiers during Operation Brother’s Keeper in the West Bank. Here’s the first case documented by Yesh Din. By Yossi Gurvitz for Yesh Din During Operation Brother’s Keeper, IDF soldiers invaded thousands of houses in the West Bank, under the pretext of looking for the three kidnapped teenagers.…
By +972 Magazine July 18, 2014
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