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Recent Articles about Bethlehem Israeli Settlement
Report: Israeli settlement sewage contaminating Palestinian water supp... Sep 30 08 Israeli settlers invade Osh Ghrab Public Park in Beit Sahour Jul 30 08 Israeli settlers leave the park they invaded in Beit Sahour Jul 15 08 Latest News ArticlesIsraeli military court convenes on Karen A case, deliberations delayed until October 28 01:26 Tue 07 Oct Five Palestinian farmers, supported by an Israeli group, sue Israel for not evacuating an illegal ou 22:41 Mon 06 Oct Hamas dominated PLC votes on the illegality of extending Abbas’ term beyond January 8 22:19 Mon 06 Oct Two Hamas legislators call for prosecuting Abbas after his term ends 21:59 Mon 06 Oct Al Khodary warns of Israeli settlement expansion during peace talks 21:51 Mon 06 Oct PLO: 5526 Palestinians killed, including 1010 children since September 2000 19:26 Mon 06 Oct Israeli military invades Qabatiya, capture a resistance fighter 18:11 Mon 06 Oct PLC: President Abbas's term in office ends by January 8, 2009 14:40 Mon 06 Oct Report: Israeli attacks on Palestinian athletes violate Olympic Charter 05:45 Mon 06 Oct Livni: “We will continue the Annapolis process” 05:31 Mon 06 Oct Full StoryIsraeli settlers prevent a prayer in Beit Sahour, assault worshippersIsraeli settlers assaulted Palestinian and International worshippers who were holding a prayer service at Ush Ghrab park in Beit Sahour Wednesday evening.
As the mass started, the settlers, who organized an activity in the same site, started to provoke the worshippers and asked them to leave, eyewitnesses reported. Ush Ghrab, "Crow's Nest" in Arabic, was occupied by the Israeli army in 1967 and was used as a military base. In 2006 the army abandoned the site and the city council in Beit Sahour rehabiliatated the site and turned part of it into a public park, and had a plan to build a hospital on the rest of it, in addition to some other facilities that would server the local community in Bethlehem. |