Year: 2012
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The strangulation of a village
by Sylvia 10 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Sheikh Nasri looks resigned as he describes his home as “the most terrorised village in the country”. With 34,000 uprooted trees in the last two years and some 4,800 dunams of land stolen, the village of Al Jab’a has little to smile about. Eighteen…
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Al Ma’asara demonstrates the meaning of peace
by Ramon Garcia 9 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank The people of Al Ma’sara gathered after praying time to march to their land, confiscated for the nearby illegal settlement. Approximately 70 internationals were present, most of them Christians coming back from a conference in Bethlehem titled, “Christ at the Checkpoints.” The crowd…
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Bruqin: International Women’s Day Demonstration for Hana Shalabi
by Jeff 8 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Yesterday, several hundred people traveled from around the West Bank to the village of Bruqin to mark the occasion of International Women’s Day and protest against Israel’s continued imprisonment and confinement of hunger striker Hana Shalabi. Bruqin is Shalabi’s home village, and the…
