Safa farmers have been working the land all their livesMa'an
Israeli authorities declared Safa village north of Hebron a closed military zone and arrested two international peace activists, injuring a third Danish activist during protests Saturday.
Dozens of villagers and activists were attempting to reach Wad Abu A-Rish, an area near Safa that is the site of an attempted land takeover by Israeli settlers in the West Bank. Soldiers barred the group from accessing the area, arrested a Danish and German activist and injured a second Danish woman by hitting her in the head with a rifle butt.
The group was trying to enter valley and work the lands set on three weeks ago by right-wing settlers from Bay Ayin... Full story
Video of previous incident:
A Korean news video of an incident in which American peace activist Huweida Araf risks her life (why didn't we see this on US news casts?):
Background information and photos on Safa
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