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‘Let us live our lives’: A call for justice from Masafer Yatta

After a 20-year legal battle, the court decided on 15 March to once again delay a verdict on whether to forcibly evict around 1,300 Palestinians living in eight communities in the area. The land has been in their families for generations but life here has been precarious since Israel declared around 7,500 acres of Masafer Yatta a military training ground, ‘Firing Zone 918’.

‘Everyone in the village is under extreme pressure’: The ‘strategic goal’ of settler violence

At the end of August 2021 when many students, having just left school this summer, were excited about the prospect of starting university or commencing full-time employment, student Shahar Peretz in the town of Kfar Yona, Israel, was drafting a statement to present at the local military induction base. On 31 August, she attended the Tel Hashomer base, refusing to enlist in the Israeli military. Her actions resulted in her being sentenced to prison.

‘I refuse to do this’: Conscientious objection in Israel

At the end of August 2021 when many students, having just left school this summer, were excited about the prospect of starting university or commencing full-time employment, student Shahar Peretz in the town of Kfar Yona, Israel, was drafting a statement to present at the local military induction base. On 31 August, she attended the Tel Hashomer base, refusing to enlist in the Israeli military. Her actions resulted in her being sentenced to prison.

An Easter like no other

An Easter like no other by EA Lesley    -    5 min read June 17,…

Read eyewitness stories written by British and Irish Ecumenical Accompaniers serving as human rights monitors in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem.

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