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Bedouin community endures demolitions

24 July 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On July 24th at around 1PM, a bulldozer accompanied by 10 military jeeps arrived in the Bedouin community of Mughayyar ad-Deir, about 12 km north east of Jerusalem, near the Ma’ale Michmas ...

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Arrested and beaten yet Palestinians remain in prison

20 July 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Today, Friday 15 of July, the Israeli army violently repressed the weekly non-violent demonstration of the Palestinian city of Nabi Saleh. During the repeated attacks on the peaceful demonstrators four activists were ...

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Beit Hanoun, 63 years and 300 meters later

19 July 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza The Nakba, the ethnic cleansing of Palestine, happened sixty three years ago.  The theft of Palestinian land continues even today.  Every Tuesday, for the last three years, the people of Beit Hanoun ...

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Gaza fishermen defy naval blockade

20 July 2011 | Al Jazeera Emboldened by the ‘Freedom Flotilla’s’ attempt to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza by sea, some Gazan fishermen have been trying to sail beyond the three nautical mile limit imposed by Israel. The Oslo Accords ...

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