Year: 2013
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Announcing 4th annual Open Shuhada Street campaign (22-25 February 2013)
2 February 2013 | Youth Against Settlements We are very excited to announce the upcoming 4th annual Open Shuhada Street Campaign from 22-25 February 2013. The Open Shuhada Street Campaign (OSC) is a Palestinian initiative, aiming to organize an International day of solidarity with the Palestinian residents of Hebron. It was started in 2010 in Hebron and…
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Al-Manatir: the protest village in occupied territory that was destroyed before it was built
4 February 2013 | Mondoweiss Saturday morning moments after Palestinians planted metal huts and canvas tents on a rocky hilltop in the northern West Bank village of Burin, Israeli settlers were pelting them with rocks. Armed with slingshots and at least one gun the settlers stormed the Palestinians who were setting up a protest encampment…
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Palestinians protest Israel’s illegal settlement policy by establishing new village “Al-Manatir” near Burin, Nablus
Update on 4 February: In what seems to be a collective punishment for last Saturday´s construction of al-Manateer neighbourhood on privately owned Palestinian land (classified as Area B, according to the Oslo Accords) in Burin, Sunday night saw the Israeli army arrest two young boys from the village. At around 8:30pm, a supposedly Palestinian ambulance…
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A step in the right direction; as EU consuls urge sanctions against settlements, we call for an all-out suspension of trade agreements with Apartheid Israel
28 February 2013 | Palestine Solidarity Campaign and International Solidarity Movement The European Union is actively supporting Israel with its current trade agreements. Enough is enough; keep the pressure up, 2013 is the time for justice in Palestine. As more and more of us become aware of the systematic denial of Palestinians human rights by…
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Summary of nine days of demolitions and displacement in Al Maleh, Jordan Valley
29 January 2013 | OCHA Displacement Working Group, edited by International Solidarity Movement, Al Maleh, Occupied Palestine On 17 January, Israeli occupation forces demolished 47 (sic) residential and other structures in Hamamat Al Maleh area, displacing 60 people, more than half of them children. On 19 January, Israeli occupation forces confiscated basic emergency tents that…
