On the 20th of May 2013 the Israeli occupation forces stormed Beit Ommar town and they were searching for something in the farm lands and houses using dogs and automatic machines “some of these house belongs to Jamal Hasan” the Israeli occupation forces were looking for his sons Rabe’ 17 years old and Malik 15 years that they are ex-prisoners and the house of Yaser Mohammad Zaqeeq looking for his son Ahmad 19 years old ex-prisoner, but the IOF didn’t find any of the youths.

The Israeli occupation forces gave these families reports to meet the Israeli intelligence at Gush Etzion, these families refused to take these reports. When the Israeli occupation forces finished searching in the houses they moved to … Continue reading

This morning of May 20th, 2013, at approximately 11 a.m. our time, we were made aware of the presence of a Nazi flag hanging from electrical lines in our village of Beit Ommar. We immediately attempted to have the flag removed but had to wait for the Israeli military to approve our equipment because the flag was hanging in area of the village designated Area C (under full Israeli military control).

The Popular Committee and PSP express our complete disgust with the display of the swastika. in our village. It in no way represents the people of Beit Ommar, or of Palestine. We are against Israeli governmental policy, colonialism, and apartheid but not Jewish people themselves, and condemn … Continue reading

On the 17th of May 2013, there was clashes near the cemetery at the entrance of the town of Beit Ommar. Friday is the holiday in Palestine and clashes between Israeli soldiers and the youth are a weekly occurrence. During the clashes the soldiers arrested Qutayba Naser Sabarna 15 years old and beat him brutally in front of his family when they came to take him home. The soldiers started to shoot tear gas, sound bombs and rubber bullets everywhere in the area, causing injuries to Ibtesam Sa’ed Sabarna 48 years old, Hoda Hosen Sabarna 45 years old, Ahmad Naser … Continue reading

On the 15th of May 2013, the people of Beit Ommar organized a protest of men, women and children. They walked the streets of Beit Ommar toward the entrance were the demonstrators chanted slogans, they arrived at the entrance, the soldiers had already closed the main road that connects Jerusalem to Hebron. Minutes after the soldiers came and dispersed the demonstrators by using tear gas and sound bombs.

When the clashes began seventeen people were injured with rubber coated bullets. The demonstrators and many people who are living in the area suffered from the suffocating effect of the tear gas. … Continue reading

On the 13th of May 2013, the IOF arrested Saif Naseem Mahmoud Meseif Sabarna 18 years old, he is living on the street Jerusalem – Hebron.

The number of the people who arrested in Beit Ummar this day is tow people, Saif Naseem Mahmoud Meseif Sabarna and Ammar Mohammed Mahmoud Alami 19 years old from Asida zone.

On the 13th of May 2013 at 3:30am, a military force about fourteen soldiers stormed the area of Abu Hashem’s family, they searched the area by dogs for more one hour, after that the moved to the down town, while they moving before trapping the house of the former Mayor Nasri Sabarna they were shooting fire, tear gas and sound bombs.

Where some of the soldiers climbed some nearby rooftops overlooking the home of Nasri Sabarna, after that the IOF and the Israeli intelligence stormed the house of Mr. Nasri, they start searching the house and outside the house, the children were crying, the women were screaming.

The Israeli officer start asking many questions for Nasri and his son Yousef, the officer … Continue reading

On Friday 10th of May 2013, twenty people were injured in a clashes in the town of Beit Ommar between the IOF and the people of Beit Ommar, including two head injury and three injury moved to the hospital in Hebron, seventeen of them were treated in the field.

Three injured in their heads by rubber bullets, Ibrahem Fathe Mohammad Awad 21 years old injured in the back of his head and moved to Alahli hospital, Imad Ahmad Khalel Abu Hashem 24 years old he injured by rubber bullets in his head and moved to Alya Hospital in Hebron and Ibrahem Khalel Mahmoud Abu Dayya 22 years old he injured by four rubber bullets in a different places in his, they … Continue reading

On Friday May 10th 2013 clashes broke out in the town of Beit Ommar between the IOF and the people of the village. The violence began because the villagers demonstrated their continued solidarity with the prisoners under administrative detention in Israeli jails.

Twenty people were injured in total during the violent clash, the injuries varied in severity. Three people suffered from severe injuries to their heads from being shot with rubber bullets which included; Ibrahem Fathe Mohammad Awad 21 years old, Imad Ahmad Khalel Abu Hashem 24 and Ibrahem Khalel Mahmoud Abu Dayya 22 years. Theses young men were moved to Alya Hospital in Hebron to be treated for head … Continue reading

On Friday the 3rd of May 2013, dozens of settlers from the settlement of Keryat Arba attacked Beit Ommar. They accused the villagers of throwing stones at their cars on the main road that conects Jerusalem and Hebron which passes the entrance to the town of Beit Ommar.

The clashes were very violent and Isreali soldiers became involved. Many people were injured from Beit Ommar and suffered the suffocating effects of tear gas. Three people were shoot by tear gas bombs in the head from close range. The wounded were moved to a hospital in Hebron, and clashes continued throughout the day at the entrance of Beit Ummar and inside the town.

In the evening the soldiers closed the … Continue reading

Friday 26th of April the Popular Committee of Beit Ommar, PSP, members of the Women Committee together with international and Israeli activists organized their weekly demonstration near the settlement of Karmei Tzur.

The demonstrators had prepared one hundred balloons filled with helium. The activists made a parade, chanting slogans and carrying Palestinian flags and the balloons to the scene. Written messages with names of Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails were attached to the balloons and released into the air.

The activists managed to get to the gate of Karmei Tzur. One of the settlers living there, … Continue reading