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Beit Ommar harvests despite Israeli threats

15 June 2011 | International Solidarity Movement On June 14th 2011 a Beit Ommar farmer reported that he was “ordered” to leave his farm land by an armed security guard from the adjacent Karmei Tzur settlement. The guard apparently used a ...

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Waves of attacks against West Bank mosques

18 June 2011 | Middle East Monitor, Ali Badwan In recent months, there have been repeated attacks by Israeli settlers against mosques across the West Bank. They were carried out with the complicity of Israel’s occupation army and encouraged by ...

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IMEMC: Settlers torch farmlands near Ramallah

18 June 2011 | IMEMC, Saed Bannoura After a recent burning of its mosque, a group of extremist Israeli settlers torched on Friday Palestinian farmlands planted with wheat in the Al Mogheer village, north of the central west bank city of ...

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Freedom Flotilla 2: Message In a Bottle

16 June 2011 | Adam Shapiro Freedom Flotilla 2 is setting sail to Gaza soon. Despite claims that the flotilla is not needed because “Rafah is now open”, the people of Gaza are still trapped and suffocated by Israel’s cruel ...

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Gaza: young Palestinians lead a global movement

14 June 2011 | Palestine Chronicle, Joe Catron On a warm, sunny afternoon, I met Eman Sourani and Rana Baker in an airy outdoor café several blocks from the port of Gaza. Both are members of the Palestinian Students’ Campaign ...

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Interviews from Al Ma’asara resistance

13 June 2011 | Al Masara Resistance Interview with Hasan Brijia, a member of the Popular Struggle Committee I am Hasan, 43 years old and father of 7 children. I currently work in the Ministry against settlements and the Wall, ...

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