Author: ISM Media
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Peaceful protest ends in deportation and imprisonment
20th January 2014 | International Solidarity Movement | Occupied Palestine On Saturday 18th January during a peaceful protest in the Jordan Valley, 19-year-old Ahmad Walid Atatreh, a Palestinian activist and 24-year-old Sven W, a German activist who lives in Switzerland, were arrested and beaten after a march held in Jiftlik Adam Junction. Ahmad is a law student, studying at Al-Quds University in Jerusalem. The…
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Photos: Rally to save sick prisoner Ibrahim Bitar follows Gaza sit-in for detainees
20th January 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza Team | Gaza, Occupied Palestine Dozens of Palestinians joined a rally organized by the Popular Campaign to Save the Life of the Captive Patient Ibrahim Bitar outside the International Committee of the Red Cross’ Gaza office this morning. The gathering followed a weekly sit-in by families and supporters…
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One Palestinian and one international activist arrested in peaceful protest in the Jordan Valley
18th January 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Jordan Valley, Occupied Palestine A Palestinian activist and an international were arrested today whilst peacefully protesting in the Jordan Valley. The international activist is falsely charged by Israeli forces with endangering people’s lives on the road, assaulting a soldier and trying to grab his rifle. The…
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VIDEO: Protesters in Gaza’s “buffer zone” under fire from Israeli forces
17th January 2014 | Institute for Middle East Understanding | Gaza, Occupied Palestine They are young, and they are fearless. In Gaza, a growing nonviolent movement, led predominantly by youth, is challenging Israel’s ongoing occupation of Palestinian lands in the so-called “buffer zone” — a unilaterally demarcated and militarily patrolled area that, according to Harvard researcher Sara…
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Illegal settlers attacked a mosque in the village of Deir Istiya
16th January 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Deir Istiya, Occupied Palestine In the early morning of Wednesday the 15th January 2014, at 3:45 AM, the muezzin of the Deir Istiya village went from his home to the Abu Bakr mosque west of the village in order to prepare for the first prayer. He found the entrance…
