Year: 2013
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Funeral of 23 year old Mohammed Asfour leads to Israeli army invasion of village
9th March 2013| Lisa Marchant, Occupied Palestine 23 year old Mohammed Asfour died on the 7th of March, from injuries sustained during a demonstration in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners on hunger strikers in Israeli jails. He was shot in the head with a rubber-coated steel bullet at the demonstration on the 22nd of February and…
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Sebastiya protests against sewage dumping
9th March 2013| Popular Struggle Coordination Committee On Friday, the village of Sebastiya held its first demonstration in order to protest the flooding of its land by the sewage coming from the nearby Jewish-only settlement of Save Shomron. Around 150 people from Sebastiya, together with Israeli and international activists, participated in the demonstration which was…
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Palestinian protester dies of injury sustained on February 22
8th March 2013| Popular Struggle Coordination Committee Muhammad Asfour, 23, was injured two weeks ago from rubber coated steel bullet in his head during a protest. His Funeral will take place after Friday noon prayer in Aboud. Since the beginning of 2013, six Palestinians were killed from soldiers’ shooting. The medical staff of Echilov…