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Settlements Activities over the Last Month

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29 May 2009
In light of the recent meeting between Presidents’ Abbas and Obama (videos inside), the team at Palestine Monitor collected a set of headlines from the Ma’an News Agency. We hope that this small sample will provide a window into the realities of settlements on the daily life of those living in the West Bank.

Source: www.maannews.net

29/04/2009 Israeli forces uproot olive trees, bulldoze lands near Salfit

29/04/2009 Artas villagers appeal for help resisting settlers on local land

29/04/2009 Settlers and heavily armed soldiers parade marking independence in West Bank

30/04/2009 Israeli settler hit and run sees teen girl admitted to hospital

01/05/2009 Israeli settlers attack young man from Qalqiliya village

02/05/2009 Arsonists torch Hebron Old City Rehabilitation Office

02/05/2009 Rogue settler bulldozes 150 dunums of land under cover of dark

02/05/2009 Israel arrests two soldiers for instigating settler rampage

03/05/2009 Israeli interior minister okays enlarging West Bank settlement

03/05/2009 Boars released by settlers attack barns, beehives near Nablus

04/05/2009 Settlers chop down Palestinians’ olive, fig trees near Ramallah

06/05/2009 Key Hebron road opened to settlers, not Palestinians

07/05/2009 Shrinking Space: Urban Contraction and Rural Fragmentation in the Bethlehem Governorate

07/05/2009 Report: Settlement construction fastest since 2003

08/05/2009 Youth protest construction of illegal outpost; settlers throw burning rags at internationals

09/05/2009 Israeli forces declare closed military zone near Beit Umar

09/05/2009 Dozens of Israeli settlers invade Nablus-area village

10/05/2009 Israelis close land to Palestinian farmers near illegal settlement

10/05/2009 Israel plans to consolidate hold on Jerusalem with parks

12/05/2009 Belgium’s Dexia Bank asked to divest from Israeli settlement funding

14/05/2009 Settlers demonstrate near Yizhar, soldiers close road claiming explosives found

14/05/2009 Israeli ministers vow to rebuild settlement dismantled in 2005

14/05/2009 Israeli settlers steal two guard dogs from Hebron-area village

15/05/2009 Israeli settler hit with iron bar outside West Bank settlement

15/05/2009 Israeli soldiers prevent youth group from cleaning Palestinian land near settlement

16/05/2009 Israeli municipal council and settlers plan to build over Palestinian East Jerusalem neighborhood

16/05/2009 Settlers claim ownership of two Palestinian homes

17/05/2009 Israel’s Barak approves settler tour of Hebron for Monday

17/05/2009 Israeli parliament members to visit hotspot East Jerusalem site

18/05/2009 Israeli settler leader: Hebron is a Jewish city

19/05/2009 Israel planning settlement after evicting Jerusalem families

19/05/2009 Palestinian lawmakers hold counter-meeting to Knesset’s East Jerusalem incursion

19/05/2009 Israeli settlers attack farmers near Qalqiliya

20/05/2009 Israeli settler runs over a three-year-old Palestinian girl

21/05/2009 Israel evacuates youth from seven-hut outpost as "gesture to Obama"

21/05/2009 Protected by Israeli army, settlers uproot olive trees near Salfit

22/05/2009 Settlers burn barley harvest belonging to Nablus-area farmer

22/05/2009 Israeli soldier, Palestinian injured in settler attack near Hebron

22/05/2009 Israeli settler found dead in northern West Bank

25/05/2009 Settler boars destroy Palestinian fields near Salfit

26/05/2009 Abbas in Canada: No peace talks without settlement freeze 26/05/2009 Israeli settlers attack Palestinian shepherds near Hebron 26/05/2009 Settlers beat Palestinian woman near Nablus

27/05/2009 Abbas to press Obama for settlement freeze

 

**This list is in no way comprehensive of the activities and difficulties caused to Palestinians by the settlement enterprise. To find out more see our Settlement Factsheet

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