Year: 2012
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New state, same occupation: violence in Qaryut as villagers attempt to remove illegal roadblock
30 November 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank, Occupied Palestine Many injured as Israeli Forces fire rubber-coated steel bullets and tear gas canisters directly into a crowd from close range during a peaceful attempt to remove an illegal road block. On approaching the turn of the road in close vicinity to the settlement that…
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Settlers hit activists at peaceful roadblock protests in the West Bank
by Davey Brandi and Ellie 3 December 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On two different occasions while Palestinians, accompanied by international activists, peacefully blocked roads leading to illegal settlements to demonstrate against the occupation and settlements, settlers purposefully injured activists in hit and run incidents. On November 14 while a group of protesters…
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March for freedom ride, Palestine
28 November 2012 | Freedom Theatre, West Bank Dear Friends, Communities in the Jordan Valley and South Hebron Hills are in grave risk of being entirely expelled from their traditional homelands. They are therefore calling on people of conscience to join them in solidarity with their struggle to remain. The March Freedom Ride will provide…
