July 10, 2003 11:05AM Palestine Time INTERNATIONALS AND PALESTINIANS ATTACKED BY ISRAELI SOLDIERS.
[NABLUS] Dozens of Palestinians and approximately 30 internationals have been attacked by Israeli soldiers in Til, near Nablus of the West Bank.
Since 6:00 this morning the group has been working with their hands to remove three large roadblocks closing off the villages of Iraq Bureen and Til, south of Nablus.
The action is part of the International Solidarity Movement's Freedom Summer Palestine Campaign and efforts to highlight Palestinian imprisonment and lack of freedom of movement.
Israeli soldiers have taken the Mayor of Til and his colleagues are violently detaining the internationals.
Please help us protest this violence against peaceful protesters by calling the Nablus District Coordinating Office (DCO): +972 2 5486 218 / 217 or +972 2 5486 301 / 302
There is at least one video camera in the area and pictures / video should be available on our website as soon as we can get them up.
DISMANTELING THE ROADBLOCKS TO NABLUS
[NABLUS] The residents of the Palestinian villages of Iraq Bureen and Til, south of Nablus, joined by the International Solidarity Movement, have again decided to remove the three major roadblocks that have imprisoned them in their villages for the past two years.
Iraq Buren and Til are located south of Nablus. For over two years the two villages have been surrounded by roadblocks, confiscating the basic human right of movement from the inhabitants. Three roadblocks separate the two villages from the city of Nablus; another one separates them from one another. Leaving the villages to work, school or university often requires a whole day of traveling, moving in between
roadblocks and checkpoints. Not only has trade come to a halt, but also being famous for its milk, Til has lost its main source of income, devastating the local economy.
Food, water and medical supplies are as good as cut off and ambulances are unable to enter the villages.
The people have tried to open the roadblocks several times, but the army has repeatedly re-erected them, setting up additional checkpoints in the area and controlling potential paths around the checkpoints.
The people of the villages, the village council and all the associations in both villages have again decided to remove the roadblocks and protest against this violation of their human rights --
Thursday July 10th 2003 at 6 am.
