Author: ISM Media
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Israeli forces use excessive force killing Palestinian civilian and wounding 4 others, including 3 children, in Jenin refugee camp
18th September 2013 | Palestinian Centre for Human Rights | Jenin, Occupied Palestine In an excessive use of lethal force, on Tuesday morning, 17 September 2013, Israeli occupation forces killed a Palestinian civilian and wounded 4 others, including 3 children, in Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank. According to investigations conducted by the Palestinian Center…
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Israel exploits Egypt turmoil to increase attacks on Gaza farmers
18th September 2013 | The Electronic Intifada, Joe Catron | Gaza City, Occupied Palestine Farming in the Gaza Strip’s “buffer zone” is hazardous under the best circumstances. Israeli troops routinely shoot live ammunition at Palestinian farmers in the free-fire area, which stretches hundreds of meters into the besieged territory from the barrier separating it and Israel, and invade their fields…
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Illegal Israeli settlers attack Palestinian farmer attempting to harvest almonds
14th September 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Kafr Qalil, Occupied West Bank Late Friday night we received a call to accompany a farmer to harvest almonds early the following morning in Kafr Qalil, a village south of Nablus. This is a completely normal activity, harvesting crops when they are ripe and ready-to-pick;…
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Three injured during weekly Bil’in demonstration
13th September 2013 | Friends of Freedom and Justice | Bil’in, Occupied Palestine Today, 09/13/2013, the weekly demonstration at Bil’in continued with protests in solidarity with the prisoners in Israel, against the illegal settlements and the apartheid wall. Three people were injured, Abdullah Ahmad Yassin (22), was shot with a tear gas canister in the head,…
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Strong resistance in Kafr Qaddum despite Israeli army repression
13th September 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Kafr Qaddum, Occupied West Bank The residents of Kufr Qaddum held their weekly Friday demonstration despite increased repression by the Israeli army in the last two weeks. At approximately 10:00, more than 80 soldiers in nine military jeeps arrived in the village and positioned themselves…
