Site TopicsPalestinian attacksThe Wall Lebanon war Palestinian Politics Miscellaneous Refugees/Immigration Holy sites Non-violent action Israeli Politics Diplomacy Prisoners Israeli Settlement Human rights Israeli attacks Peace process International Politics Jerusalem English Audio Report Internal Unrest Italian Audio Report Truce Gaza Siege user preferences
|
Israeli settlers invade Osh Ghrab Public Park in Beit SahourAround 70 Israeli settlers invaded Osh Ghrab park in Beit Sahour Wednesday evening and forced international and local volunteers to stop the painting work that they were doing in the site.
Around 20 Palestinian and International volunteers were painting the place, which is an abandoned military base, when the settlers car came with four people in. As soon as they saw the painting work, they left. One hour later, the group of settlers came with their backbags, and said that this is an Israeli area that Palestinians are not allowed to be in. They warned that everybody should leave in one minute. The settlers were able to stay overnight and were not prohibited from doing so by the army. They tried to enter the Palestinian park several times in the night but were not successful. The painting action was organized by a number of organizations in Bethlehem area, including the Palestinian Centre for Rapprochement between People, PAIDIA, Alternative Information Center (AIC) and Decolonizing Architecture in addition to a number of volunteers in Bethlehem area. Osh Ghrab is the name of a hill located in the eastern side of Beit Sahour near Bethlehem. The site itself was a Jordanian military base taken over by Israel in 1967 who kept it as an Israeli military base. |
Click here to donate online via Click & Pledge. You can divide your yearly donation into monthly installments, deducted from your bank account. Your HELP is essential to keep the IMEMC A FREE and INDEPENDENT MEDIA SOURCE
Recent Articles about Bethlehem Israeli Settlement
Israeli government breaks agreement to stop subsidizing settlements Jan 11 12 Israeli settlers suspected of torching Palestinian vehicles in Bethleh... Jan 05 12 Settlers Break Into Archeological Areas In Bethlehem Dec 31 11 Latest News Articles The tweets listed in the feed below represent the point of view of their authors only, and not the official stand of IMEMC. |