IWPS returns to Deir Istiya
An IWPS team is back on the ground in Deir Istiya. The jasmine trees are blooming, and the grapes are almost ready to eat! However not all is well. On our first night back, Rizziq abu Nasser, a local poet, activist, and friend of the IWPS laid out the three biggest challenges in Deir Istiya today.
Deir Istyia Demands Safe Access to Wadi Qana
Busy Highway 5066 connects parts of the illegal Settlement Bloc of Ariel with Tel Aviv. It also has become a de-facto check point for the farmers of Deir Istyia. Their agricultural land lies on the other side of Hwy 5066,…
No Support From the Second Floor
No Support from Second Floor Hani and Munira Amer still live with 2 of their as yet unmarried children in the home they made for their family in Mas’ha after being driven off their ancestral in al Nakba. They lived…
Kufr Qaddum: A Friday Photo Essay
Please note that these are pictures and write up from Oct 3 2015 Demonstration in Kufr Qaddum: Some of these photos and the write up was posted to our facebook page but didn’t make it onto our website. Please visit us…
Olive Trees Uprooted for Settler Highway
IWPS reporting from Deir Istiya, Salfit, West Bank, occupied Palestinian territories A lane is being added to the settler road dividing Deir Istiya land October 8, 2015 by IWPS Team (This article was first published on 26 September on…
Illegal Settlers make Rampage Thru Palestinian Villages
Illegal settlers attack Kafr ad Dik village on Thursday 1 October 2015 Settlers living in illegal settlements in the West Bank, Occupied Palestine territories, continued yesterday (Friday) their revenge rampages across the West Bank, following the shooting of a settler…
Al Arroub Refugee Camp: In Pictures
Situated along the main Hebron-Jerusalem road, across the street from a University, sits the heavily fenced and concrete blockaded main entrance to Al Arroub Palestinian refugee camp. Taysir, a 39 year old former prisoner of the Israeli goverment and resident…
Deir Istiya 2015; A year marked by house raids, kidnappings and military harassment of Palestinians
“They dragged him into the bitter cold with no jacket, no socks and no shoes. I rushed outside and forced a jacket over him and socks and shoes on his feet. That is when I first noticed that my nephew had also been arrested.”
Israeli Military blocks Deir Istiya
Israeli soldiers invadedDeir Istiya, blocking all main routes through and out of the village with army jeeps. Later, they shouted “Peace!” as they left the village and hurtled a sound grenade at civilians.
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