Author: ISM Media
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Eight activists injured by live ammunition in prisoner release protest outside Ofer prison
4th April 2014 | International Solidarity Movement | Ramallah, Occupied Palestine This afternoon approximately 500 Palestinian, international and Israeli demonstrators gathered close to Ofer Prison in Ramallah to protest against the refusal of the Israeli state to release the fourth group of Palestinian prisoners. As part of the current round of talks between Fatah (the…
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BDS: Bill Gates slammed over links to Israel prison torture
Addameer and Palestinian BDS National Committee Palestinian human rights organisations have criticised Bill Gates after it emerged that his charitable foundation is heavily invested in G4S, a private security company that helps Israel run prisons at which Palestinian political prisoners are held without trial and subjected to torture. In an open letter to the Bill…
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Six shelters demolished by the Israeli forces in the Palestinian village of At Tuwani
3rd April 2014 | Operation Dove | At-Tuwani, Occupied Palestine On April 2 the Israeli army together with some Border Police and District Coordination Office (DCO) officers demolished six shelters made of concrete in the Palestinian village of At-Tuwani. At 9:20 am a convoy made up of one bulldozer, two army Jeeps, three Border Police vehicles, and…
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Demolitions in Bruqin: “If you really want peace, you wouldn’t take what’s mine”
2nd April 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Bruqin, Occupied Palestine On the 1st of April, at approximately 5.30 AM, a bulldozer and eight military jeeps arrived in the village of Bruqin close to the city of Nablus. The bulldozer first destroyed a farmers shed, killing the ten rabbits inside. The destruction continued…
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Demonstration against settlement expansion in Hebron
30th March 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil Team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine At noon today approximately 50 protesters held a demonstration outside the Rajabi Building, Hebron, in protest of the recent court decision to let settlers take over the building. Settlers taking over the house would mean a huge expansion of the illegal settlement…
