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UPDATED WITH VIDEO: 13 year-old boy shot at by settlers, tortured by soldiers, denied medical attention

Posted on: May 19, 2013
UPDATED WITH VIDEO: 13 year-old boy shot at by settlers, tortured by soldiers, denied medical attention

19th May 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Team Nablus | Qaryut, Occupied Palestine

UPDATED: The 13-year-old Qaryut boy attacked by settlers on 16 May completed an operation on his lower leg and foot on Friday and has since been released to recover at home. He also provided a full account of his attack and the time he spent in an Israeli jeep untreated and tortured for information he neither had nor could speak of due to the pain from his untreated injury.

The boy said he was alone on his land near the illegal settlement of Eli when he was attacked. His … Continue reading


Updated on May 19, 2013
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13 year-old boy shot and beaten by settlers, leg broken

Posted on: May 17, 2013
Rafedia hospital in Nablus took this X-ray that shows the Qaryut boy's broken bones from his attack.

16th May 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Team Nablus | Qaryut, Occupied Palestine

At about 2pm on 16 May, a 13 year-old boy was shot at and beaten by settlers; he broke bones in his leg running from the shots at him and from being beaten. After falling, the boy was threatened with his life by settlers, but soldiers arrived and stopped the settlers from killing him before threatening the young boy with three guns while he lay injured and immobile on the ground.

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Updated on May 18, 2013
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Violent confrontations during open Shuhada Street demonstrations

Posted on: February 22, 2013
Demonstrator tries to open fence blocking access to Shuhada street

22 February 2013| International Solidarity Movement, Hebron, Occupied Palestine

Today was the 4th annual Open Shuhada Street demonstration where  activists and organizations from all over the world join in solidarity with the Palestinian residents of Hebron/Al Khalil ,  to demand the opening of Shuhada Street to Palestinians and an end to the Israeli occupation.

Shuhada Street used to be the principal street for Palestinians residents, and their businesses. It was also a very active market place in the Palestinian city of Hebron/Al Khalil. Today, because Shuhada Street runs through the Jewish settlements of Hebron, the street has been closed to Palestinian movement … Continue reading


Updated on April 9, 2013
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No peace without justice; protesters return to Ofer for the fourth day in a row

Posted on: February 22, 2013
No peace without justice; protesters return to Ofer for the fourth day in a row

22 February 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Occupied West Bank, Palestine

Hundreds of protestors again returned to Ofer prison today despite heavy repression. This week’s protests are in solidarity with Palestinian hunger strikers and political prisoners including Samer Issawi who has now refused food for over 210 days. The protest began with prayers in front of the prison, as soon as they were finished the Israeli army began firing huge quantities of teargas and rubber coated steel bullets directly at those who had gathered.

Yesterdays demonstration, 21th February 2013, was the biggest of … Continue reading


Updated on February 22, 2013
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Further incursions into Urif

Posted on: December 30, 2012
Further incursions into Urif

30 December 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, Urif, Occupied Palestine

International Solidarity Movement, Urif, Occupied Palestine – Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Urif for the fourth time in six days on Saturday 29th December.

Urif has been attacked by settlers from the nearby illegal settlement of Yizhar on every Saturday in the past few months. Armed settlers protected by soldiers go down the hills overlooking Urif and start throwing stones at the local school as well as homes situated on the outskirts of the village.
Yesterday, instead, a group of settlers stayed on … Continue reading


Updated on December 30, 2012
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Three people shot in Madama, Palestine

Posted on: December 17, 2012
Three people shot in Madama, Palestine

17 December 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, Madama, Occupied Palestine

Israeli settlers, then the Israeli army violently attacked  the village of Madama, near Nablus, West Bank. Three people were shot with live ammunition and one person was taken by Israeli settlers.

It  all started at 10.30 this morning when two brothers and their sister were attacked by a group of Israeli settlers from the illegal settlement of Yitzhar. The three Palestinians were with sheep on the hills above Madama when the settlers attacked. Two were shot and have been taken to Rafidia Hospital in … Continue reading


Updated on December 19, 2012
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Bullets litter the ground in Ni’lin as soldiers granted more freedom to shoot

Posted on: December 12, 2012
Bullets litter the ground in Ni’lin as soldiers granted more freedom to shoot

11th December 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, Ni’lin, Occupied Palestine.

Overnight Israeli soldiers invaded the small village of Ni’lin, population of around 5000 people. The soldiers were attempting to make arrests as part of wave of arrests in the West Bank following protests around the recent bombing in Gaza.

A local Ni’lin resident said: “A very savage invasion to my village Ni’lin today. Hard clashes started after the Israeli occupation army invaded it and try to arrest people. You can hear all the shooting in the village was mostly live bullets. More than … Continue reading


Updated on December 13, 2012
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al-Mufaqarah Resists

Posted on: October 9, 2012
al-Mufaqarah Resists

09 October 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank

At one in the afternoon on Monday, the 8th of October, we received a call in Arabic:

“We have big problems. Can you come?”

Two calls later and we were on our way. We reached al-Tawani in a service taxi. Along with two volunteers from Operation Dove, we walked up the hill to al-Mufaqarah.

Al-Mufaqarah is a beautiful village with about a dozen families, some brick houses, some tents, and some prefabricated dwellings provided by the United Nations. On the hill in front of us we saw … Continue reading


Updated on May 17, 2013
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Red Crescent medics treat 339 protesters in the West Bank

Posted on: March 30, 2012
Medics carry an injured protester during clashes between protesters and Israeli forces at a demonstration marking Land Day, at Qalandiya checkpoint Ramallah on March 30. (Reuters/Darren Whiteside)

30 March 2012 | Ma’an News Agency

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Palestinian Red Crescent treated 339 protesters on Friday at protests around the West Bank to mark Land Day, a spokesman said.

Muhammad Ayyad told Ma’an that five people were seriously injured and 55 hospitalized as protesters commemorated six Palestinians who were killed by Israeli forces in 1976 at demonstrations against Israel’s land confiscation in the Galilee.

Three people in Bethlehem were critically injured, one of whom was hit in the face by a tear gas canister. A protester … Continue reading


Updated on March 30, 2012
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