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Ramadan begins with the killing of two Palestinians

2 August 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank At 3am Qalandia refugee camp was invaded by the Israeli army. Approximately 300 soldiers raided the camp, shooting live ammunition directly at people,  killing two Palestinians. The two young men, Mutasin ...

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No signs of ceasing resistance in Ni’lin

6 August 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On Friday, 5 August, the weekly demonstration against the illegal settlement near the Palestinian village of Ni’lin was held, despite the majority of its participants fasting for Ramadan. Although smaller than ...

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Ramadan in the Buffer Zone

2 August 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza The buffer zone is a place of death.  300 meters of destroyed land, land that used to be alive, that used to be filled with orchards, houses, and fields, now, all dead.  To enter ...

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Activists pray in Gaza’s buffer zone

2 August 2011 | Ma’an News Agency GAZA CITY — Popular resistance activists held noon prayers on Tuesday in the “buffer zone” in northern Gaza. International solidarity activists joined dozens of Palestinians to pray on lands recently bulldozed by Israel near ...

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Music guides peaceful resistance in Kufr Qaddoum

1 August 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On Friday July 29, 2011 the Popular Committee of Kufr Qaddoum included musical guests from the Netherlands, Fanfare, to play for Kufr Qaddoum’s weekly demonstration against a roadblock that closes off the main ...

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Palestinians prepare for massive uprising

29 July 2011 | Inter Press Service, Mel Frykberg BEIT UMMAR, Occupied West Bank – Leading members of the Palestinian Popular Committees in the West Bank plan massive civil unrest and disobedience against the Israeli occupation authorities come September when the Palestinians ...

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Nabi Saleh endures despite military presence

26 July 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank At 10 a.m. we arrived at  Nabi Saleh to interview the neighbors about what had happened the night before. We found out on the internet that something was going on, thanks ...

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