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Mondoweiss
April 25, 2018
Salfit (PIC) 16 Apr — The scene of dozens of Israeli settlers invading Wadi Qana, an agricultural valley west of Deir Istiya town in Salfit, under the protection of Israeli soldiers has become familiar during Jewish holidays. Over the past week, Palestinian farmers of Deir Istiya have repeatedly complained of theÃâà...
Mondoweiss
October 25, 2017
Olive trees in Wadi Qana, Palestinian lands surrounded by settlements, photograph by International Solidarity Movement.. Violence / Detentions — West Bank / Jerusalem. Israeli colonists flood dozens of Palestinian olive trees with sewage. IMEMC 24 Oct — Israeli colonists flooded, Tuesday,Ãâà...
Mondoweiss
September 18, 2017
In the Wadi Qana valley, years of Israeli government restrictions on Palestinian farming and the incursion of illegal settlements into the area, have left the once lush valley polluted and damaged. Despite this, some locals are still clinging on to what little they have left. Abu Adham says: “I was born here in thisÃâà...
B'Tselem
May 22, 2017
'Abd al-'Aziz 'Aqel, one of the landowners, holding an On 3 April 2017, Civil Administration officials came with bulldozers to Wadi Qana, in the Qalqiliyah area. They uprooted 135 olive tree saplings on land belonging to the 'Awad family from the village of Deir Istiya. Wadi Qana is one of the tributaries of theÃâà...
International Solidarity Movement
May 6, 2017
The new road would allow Deir Istiya's farmers to regain acess not to their own lands – around 2000 dunums in the valley of Wadi Qana – but also to neigbouring villages. The construction of Highway 5066 has become a check-point for Deir Istiya inhabitants, forcing them to walk more than 2 km to accessÃâà...
Sputnik International
March 24, 2017
The Israeli forces put up signs saying 'No entry' and prevented Palestinians from accessing agricultural areas around the valley of Wadi Qana in the central part of the West Bank, according to local media. Palestinians and foreigners march towards Israel's controversial separation wall between the WestÃâà...
Mondoweiss
November 15, 2016
The farmers in Wadi Qana have a long list of problems the settlements have caused. In addition to loss of land, many of the settlers use the valley for hiking and biking. As often as not, they come out armed with assault rifles. The Israeli military has also bulldozed olive and lemon trees in key places.
B'Tselem
April 22, 2015
Today, 23 April, the annual settlers' walk will be held in Wadi Qana. During the walk, established 2006, the military prohibits Palestinian farmers, owners of wadi land, and the Palestinian general public from entering the wadi. The event symbolizes the systematic displacement of the farmers of Wadi QanaÃâà...
WAFA
December 31, 1999
This is the second time Israeli settlers uprooted olive trees in Mukhmas. Two years ago, they uprooted 200 olive trees. Last week, Israeli forces uprooted 135 olive trees and destroyed terraces in Wadi Qana and Deir Istiya town in the central West Bank district of Salfit. Settler violence against PalestiniansÃâà...
WAFA
December 31, 1999
Of the other structures targeted during the reporting period, 15 were in East Jerusalem (Silwan, Beit Hanina and al-Isawiya) and nine were in Area C, including in the herding community of Um al Jmal (Tubas) and in Wadi Qana (Salfit). The six EU-funded structures demolished in January - two residentialÃâà...
