Author: ISM Media
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26 Palestinian political prisoners released; 5,000 remain in prison
7th January 2014 | Resistenza Quotidiana, Sil | Gaza, Occupied Palestine 26 political prisoners, held in Israeli prisons since the Oslo Accords, were released the night of 30th December. About 5,000 others remain in prisons located in the territories occupied in 1948, a violation of international law. Umm Dia’a thought her son would be among the…
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Israeli forces arrest three youth in Hebron
06th January 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil Team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine This morning in Khalil (Hebon), a large group of Israeli border police and soldiers gathered outside checkpoint 29. Israeli forces fired several tear gas grenades towards a school, detained four Palestinian youth and arrested three of them, taking them to Kiryat Arba police…
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Gaza fishermen suffer 85 percent income loss as Israeli siege, attacks continue
4th January 2014 | The Electronic Intifada, Joe Catron | Gaza City, Occupied Palestine On 17 December, Palestinian fishermen and their supporters erected a tent — a traditional venue for protest, as well as celebration and mourning — inside the Gaza seaport. “It was to highlight the situation, the crimes of the Israelis against fishermen here,” said Amjad al-Shrafi, treasurer…
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Clashes for two days in the Palestinian city of Hebron
03rd January 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil Team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine At approximately 11.30am yesterday morning, Israeli forces detained a 13-year-old boy at Bab Al-Baladiyye in Khalil (Hebron). After a short period of time the young boy was released and a group of Israeli soldiers invaded the old city of Hebron, harassing residents and…
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One Palestinian arrested during demonstration in Kafr Qaddum
03rd January 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Kafr Qaddum, Occupied Palestine Today, at the weekly Kafr Qaddum demonstration, Israeli soldiers and border police violently suppressed the protest and arrested a Palestinian citizen. Clashes between Palestinian youth and Israeli soldiers erupted after the Friday prayer when the Israeli military began bulldozing pre-made stone barricades…
