by Nathan Stuckey 20 December 2011 Every Tuesday there is a demonstration against the occupation and the Israeli imposed no go zone that surrounds Gaza, stealing much of Gaza’s best farmland. Today, it was unseasonably warm, it felt almost like ...
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Israeli military drags its boots and guns into Ibrahimi Mosque
by Caroline Nordhammer 21 December 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Soldiers from the Israeli military entered the Ibrahimi Mosque located in the Old City of Hebron on December 21 in the afternoon. Male and female soldiers entered the ...
Read More »Israeli navy harasses Palestinian fishermen off Gaza coast
by Rosa Schiano 21 December 2011 | Civil Peace Service Gaza The Oliva sailed from Gaza Seaport at 8:15 am. The Palestinian captain and two international observers from CPS staff were on boardAt 8:45 am Oliva reached four hasakas in ...
Read More »Drones in the shower, F-16s on the street: On leaving Gaza
by Radhika Sainath 20 December 2011 | Notes from Behind the Blockade I made the long journey out of Gaza last week. I must say, though I will miss the dozens of people who invited me into their homes, shared ...
Read More »Military court in Gaza holds another session to consider the case relating to the death of Italian solidarity activist, Vittorio Arrigoni
20 December 2011 | Palestinian Center for Human Rights On Monday 19 December 2011, the Permanent Military Court in Gaza held the ninth session in Gaza City to consider the case relating to the death of the Italian solidarity activist, ...
Read More »Choir bus hit by settlers on way back from Nablus
17 December 2011 | Notes from Bethlehem I was hoping to write about something more pleasant regarding our Christmas ministry in Nablus. I was hoping to write about the usual; singing and rejoicing with the believers there. As always, Nablus ...
Read More »Your help needed: Donating olive trees this holiday season
19 December 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank As we creep up to Christmas and are seeing more and more trees appear in houses and high street windows, while we debate when to put up our own, if at ...
Read More »Prisoner release: The number game of Israel
19 December 2011 | The Raging Palestinian Yesterday marked the so called completion of the prisoner swap agreement, which commenced on October 18, 2011, when Gilad Shalit was released for a total of 1,027 Palestinians to be released from Israeli ...
Read More »Shu’fat: Forced to pay taxes from behind a checkpoint and wall
by Jenna Bereld and Samar 19 December 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On December 18, 2011 residents of Shu’fat and activists protested against the separation wall in front of the new checkpoint. A certain loss of demonstrators was ...
Read More »2 Palestinians arrested in Nabi Saleh still in jail for resisting occupation
17 December 2011 | Chroniques de Palestine In a blatant demonstration of the discriminatory policies used by the Israeli authorities when it comes to deal with protesters; out of the 21 persons who were arrested during the demonstration in Nabi ...
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