Month: September 2011
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Gaza: 29 years later, Palestinians march forward
22 September 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza For three years the Beit Hanoun Local Initiative and the International Solidarity Movement have marched into the buffer zone north of Beit Hanoun. Tuesday, September 20th was no different. We gathered near the agricultural college, and at 11 AM we marched north into the buffer zone. There…
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Hebron: “We have been waiting over 60 years for this”
21 September 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank The Atta and Rudaina Jeber’s farm is situated upon a hill. The area is called Sheik Sherah, in the Beca’a Valley in the outskirts of Hebron, or Al-Khalil. Atta’s family has owned the land since the Ottoman Empire was in power, and he explains that he…
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“Holy water” in Qusra attracts violent settlers
18 September 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank While farming their land in the village of Qusra, 50 year old Fathalla and his three sons were attacked by a group of armed settlers on the morning of September 16th. The attack came amid recent increase of settler violence in anticipation of the UN vote…