Israel tears down anti-occupation encampment set up by North American Jews in West Bank - Israel News

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  • Israel tears down anti-occupation encampment set up by North American Jews in West Bank
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    Activists erected the tents in the South Hebron Hills a week ago to mark the 50th anniversary of the Israeli occupation
    Judy Maltz May 25, 2017 10:39 AM

    Israeli soldiers on Thursday morning tore down the last remains of an encampment set up by American and Canadian Jewish anti-occupation activists on the site of a former Palestinian village in the West Bank.

    The encampment, which originally included four tents, was established in Sarura on the South Hebron Hills a week ago to mark the 50th anniversary of the occupation.

    The activists set up the tents on the site of the hamlet of Sarura, which was evacuated 20 years ago because of settler violence and a crackdown by the Israeli army. The activists called their encampment the Sumud Freedom Camp.

    On Saturday, the army tore down three of the tents and confiscated the generator the activists had brought to the site. On Thursday morning, they tore down the last remaining tent.

    The initiative was organized by a collaboration of Jewish, Israeli and Palestinian anti-occupation groups. Spearheading the effort were two overseas organizations: the Center for Jewish Nonviolence and All That’s Left: Anti-Occupation Collective.

    Activists said the soldiers did not present them with any written teardown orders.