Posts Tagged ‘masafer’

This school year, students in Masafer Yatta brave settler and army harassment

With the start of the new school year, Palestinian children in Masafer Yatta defy Israeli army and settler harassment to go to class in tents, since Israel demolished their school last year. Source Views: 0

The Israeli army demolished a school in Masafer Yatta. Residents say it won’t be the last.

Israeli forces demolished a Palestinian primary school in the Masafer Yatta area of the southern occupied West Bank on Wednesday, under the pretext that the school was built “illegally” in an active Israeli military firing zone.  Following the demolition, an Israeli army spokesperson claimed that the school itself was a hoax and that it was […]

Israel to demolish Palestine school in Masafer Yatta

The Israeli occupation army yesterday issued an order to demolish a Palestinian school which is under construction in the Masafer Yatta region, south of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank. Local sources said Israeli forces informed the residents of the demolition order of the three-classroom school in Al-Safi area. Occupation forces have recently escalated their […]

Israeli military drills in Masafer Yatta turn Palestinian villages into a shooting range

President Biden has spoken clearly of his commitment to human rights and the residents of Masafar Yatta hoped he would acknowledge the threat we face during his recent visit to Palestine. However, when the Israeli army canceled live ammunition training in our villages in for the duration of the president’s visit, he chose to ignore […]

Israel’s Largest Single Ethnic Cleansing Act Since 1967 — Masafer Yatta

Last month Israel’s Supreme Court ruled that Masafer Yatta, a collection of Palestinian villages in the southern hills of Al-Khalil, would be completely ethnically cleansed. The demolitions have already begun, despite some protest from US lawmakers, constituting the single largest ethnic cleansing event since 1967. Western media seems to be all but silent on one […]

Two Masafer Yatta Letters

Two congressional letters to the Biden administration on the ethnic cleansing in Masafer Yatta show the differences within the Democratic Party when it comes to Palestine. Views: 0

The Ethnic Cleansing of Masafer Yatta: Israel’s New Annexation Strategy in Palestine

The Israeli Supreme Court has decided that the Palestinian region of Masafer Yatta, located in the southern hills of Hebron, is to be entirely appropriated by the Israeli military and that a population of over 1,000 Palestinians is to be expelled. The Israeli Court decision, on May 4, was hardly shocking. Israel’s military occupation does not only […]

83 Democratic lawmakers call on Biden to stop forced displacement in Masafer Yatta

83 congressional Democrats call on Biden to stop Israel from forcibly displacing 1,000 Palestinians from Masafer Yatta in the southern West Bank. Views: 0

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