At-Tuwani, South Hebron Hills, Palestine – On Wednesday, 25 November 2009, the Israeli military and Border police confiscated two electricity pylons standing at the entrance to the village of At-Tuwani. The villagers had installed the pylons in an effort to connect to the electrical grid in Yatta, a Palestinian city to the north. The Israeli military declared the area around the pylons a closed military zone in an attempt to prevent Palestinians and CPTers from obstructing or documenting the confiscation. When two CPTers continued to film, Border Police slammed them against a military jeep and threatened them with arrest. Nonetheless, dozens of villagers formed a barricade to prevent a police jeep from further entering the village.

OPERATION DOVE REPORT Nonviolent peace corps (Association Community Pope John XXIII) Updates from Projects Colombia The Peace Community of  San Jose de Apartadò is continuously threatened by all the different armed actors of the area, Guerrilla, Army and Police, Paramilitary forces. Members of the Community keep being denouncing any violation of national laws and Inter-American [...]

At-Tuwani , 17 November 2009 On Tuesday, 17 November, in the South Hebron Hills of the West Bank, five Israeli settlers harassed a Palestinian family walking home, then beat and robbed two internationals who accompanied them. The two young parents and their three small children were returning from the nearby city of Yatta to their [...]

At-Tuwani, 9 november 2009 On the morning of Sunday 8 November 2009 four Israeli settler youth from Ma’on settlement plowed privately-owned Palestinian fields in Umm Zeituna valley. The settlers arrived at approximately 8:50 am and chased two Palestinian shepherds off the land throwing stones, before starting plowing. Local Palestinian shepherds and international peace activists from [...]

OPERATION DOVE REPORT Nonviolent peace corps (Association Community Pope John XXIII) Updates from Projects Colombia Eventually Operation Dove is back again in Colombia. After 4 months of preparations, mainly to wait for NGO one-year VISA, OD volunteers landed in Bogotà on September 28th. First days in Colombia are paced by various meetings. JE, the Peace [...]