Author: ISM Media
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Restriction of movement remains for Palestinians during Ramadan
20th July 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah Team | Qalandiya, Occupied Palestine On the second Friday during Ramadan, hundreds of Palestinians from the West Bank crossed Qalandiya checkpoint to access Jerusalem and pray at the Al Aqsa mosque. From the early hours of Friday, many hundreds of Palestinians from all across the West Bank…
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Video- Kafr Qaddum demonstration against the Prawer Plan violently repressed by the Israeli army
20th July 2013 | International Women’s Peace Service | Kafr Qaddum, Occupied Palestine On Friday 19 July, the residents of Kafr Qaddum gathered for a demonstration against the Prawer Plan, an Israeli government plan that will ethnically cleanse the occupied al-Naqab desert. Protesters were violently attacked by Israeli soldiers who repeatedly raided the village firing…
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Photo essay: Israeli activist injured with a rubber-coated steel bullet at Nabi Saleh demonstration
19th July 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah Team | Nabi Saleh, Occupied Palestine Today, around fifty Palestinians together with Israeli and international activists marched from the centre of Nabi Saleh down the main road towards the stolen spring. Protesters made barricades of burning tyres to prevent Israeli forces from raiding the village. Soon after…
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Palestinian shepherd assaulted by settlers in South Hebron Hills
19th July 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil Team | Mirkez, Occupied Palestine On the 16th of July, Omar Jabril, 28, was pasturing his sheep in the surroundings of Mirkez, in the middle of firing zone 918, when three settlers assaulted him, injuring him severely. Some villagers witnessed broken teeth and a large amount of…
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Video- Journalists’ protest violently supressed by Israeli forces at Qalandiya checkpoint
18th July 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah Team | Qalandiya, Occupied Palestine Yesterday, around 150 Palestinian journalists protested at Qalandiya checkpoint demanding freedom of movement for journalists. Israeli forces violently suppressed the demonstration by throwing sound bombs and shooting rubber coated steel bullets at journalists, resulting in five people injured. At 12am, journalists arrived…