9 February 2012 | Tanweer Enlightenment Forum The Israel military court has extended administrative detention for two months in addition to three months already detained for civil rights lawyer Dr. Yousef Abdul Haq, a lecturer at An-Najah National University and ...
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In photos: On hunger strike in Gaza
by Mya Guarnieri 10 February 2012 | Alternative Information Center A number of Gazans have joined Khader Adnan’s hunger strike to protest the inhumane conditions that Palestinian political prisoners face in Israeli jails. Israel often holds Palestinians in administrative detention ...
Read More »Turtles in Aqraba
by Jonas Weber 10 February 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank “Hurry up you turtles!” Wael yelled in the distance. He had suddenly turned this walk into some kind of contest. We skipped across the rocky landscape of Palestine, ...
Read More »3rd annual Global Day of Action to Open Shuhada (Apartheid) Street
15 January 2012 | Youth Against Settlements This year, Palestinian activists in Hebron are planning a week of activities to commemorate the Baruch Goldstein Massacre and demand the opening of Shuhada Street. The planned activities in Hebron are as follows: ...
Read More »Settlers attack demo in Qaryut
10 February 2012 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee Demonstrators in Qaryout attempted to plant olive trees to resist land grab. On the way, they were attacked by settlers and the army. Approximately 100 residents of the Qaryout joined the weekly ...
Read More »Tubas: Israel robs the Jordan Valley dry
by Jonas Weber 8 February 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On Saturday 5 February a delegation of activists from the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) went on a tour in the municipality of Tubas, 30 minutes by car to the south ...
Read More »Palestinians demand justice: 52 days and Khader Adnan is dying to live
by Aaron 7 February 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On Monday and Tuesday Palestinians rallied for Khader Adnan and all political prisoners before regional offices of the Red Cross, demanding that the organization takes a solid stand for ...
Read More »Entering the deadly zone, demonstration in front of Erez
7 February 2012 | Chroniques de Palestine Since 2008, demonstrations are organized in front of Erez in Beit Hanoun. This is in defiance of the “no go zone” imposed unilaterally by the Israelis. Any person who approaches the Green Line ...
Read More »In Photos: Settlers and Israeli military violently steal land in Kufr Qaddoum
6 February 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On February 5 the residents of Kufr Qaddoum noticed several soldiers and illegal settlers on their lands who were plotting how to illegally seize land from the village. Upon arrival, International ...
Read More »Take action for hunger striking Palestinian Prisoner Khader Adnan!
6 February 2012 | Samidoun – Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network Khader Adnan, an imprisoned Palestinian activist held under administrative detention, has engaged in an open-ended hunger strike since December 17, 2012. Now at fifty days into his hunger strike, he ...
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