Israeli police fired rubber bullets and tear gas against Syrian civilians in the occupied Golan
Israeli police have fired rubber bullets and tear gas against Syrians in the occupied Golan, causing numerous injuries, in addition to arresting several Syrians. This is the culmination of several days of aggressive police action against Syrian civilians and farmers who were peacefully protesting against a wind turbine project developed by Energix Renewable Energies Ltd. (‘Energix’), an Israeli energy company, on Syrian agricultural land.
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50 years of occupation: Al-Marsad advocacy tour in Europe
Al-Marsad director Dr Nizar Ayoub and urban planner Dr Nazeh Brik will be in Belgium to speak about the experiences of the native Syrian population under the Israeli occupation. This year marks the 50 year anniversary of the occupation, which started in June 1967.
Adalah and Al-Marsad demand Israel remove army outposts and minefields from occupied Syrian town in the Golan Heights
Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel and Al-Marsad – Arab Human Rights Centre in the Golan Heights sent a letter to senior Israeli officials on 30 July 2017 demanding that they evacuate Israeli military outposts and minefields from the occupied Syrian town of Majdal Shams located in the Golan Heights.
50 years of the occupation of the Syrian Golan
Following the Israeli occupation in 1967, over 130,000 native Syrian inhabitants – approximately 95% of the population – were forcibly transferred or displaced from their homes.
International travel companies profiting from the Israeli occupation of the Syrian Golan
The overwhelming majority of properties and activities in the Golan advertised on these websites are located in Israeli settlements - with no information provided to potential visitors that Israeli settlements are considered illegal under international law.
Meeting with the World Health Organisation (WHO)
Al-Marsad provided information on discriminatory Israeli policies that negatively impact the Syrian population in the five remaining Syrian villages in the Golan, including land appropriation; restrictions on land use for the building of houses, health, education and agriculture facilities; and discriminatory water distribution policies which limit consumption and charge higher prices than in Israeli settlements.