Year: 2013
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Video: Settlers and soldiers storm Joseph’s tomb in Balata
21th August 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Balata Refugee Camp, Occupied Palestine Last night, hundreds of settlers accompanied by Israeli forces invaded Balata refugee camp in Nablus to pray at Joseph’s Tomb. Israeli soldiers shot tear gas canisters and sound bombs at residents who protested the incursion – three youths were reportedly…
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Israeli forces use excessive lethal force killing Palestinian civilian and wounding 3 others, including 2 children, in Jenin
20th August 2013 | Palestinian Centre for Human Rights | Jenin, Occupied Palestine In an excessive use of lethal force, on Tuesday morning, 20 August 2013, Israeli occupation forces killed a Palestinian civilian and wounded 3 others, including 2 children, in Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank. According to investigations conducted by the…
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UPDATED: Three youths arrested in Kafr Qaddum night raid
15th August 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Kafr Qaddum, Occupied Palestine Update 19th August: The three young men from Qaddum had court in Salem today. One of them, Bashar, was released today, but the situation for the other two is less certain. They are currently still imprisoned and are reportedly facing charges which…
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ISM statement: Hoax video designed to harm the Palestinian popular struggle
A video has been put online on a website claiming to be a human right organization with a woman impersonating an ISM volunteer. In the video a woman who claims to have volunteered with the ISM in Palestine says that she was sexually harassed by a prominent Palestinian activist. The ISM want to make clear…
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Attacks on Asira: Occupation stealing childhoods
19th August 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Asira al Qibliya, Occupied Palestine In the evenings of the 15th and 16th of August, the village of Asira al Qibliya was raided by Israeli occupation forces, who fired teargas canisters and sound bombs throughout the village. Residents of Asira are concerned for the children…