Author: ISM Media
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Violent clashes in Kufr Qaddum
16 February 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Kufr Qaddum, Occupied Palestine Approximately 200 Palestinians, joined by a handful of International activists, participated in yesterdays weekly demonstration in Kufr Qaddum. At around 12 am, after midday prayers, protesters marched from the center of the village up the main road leading to Qedumim settlement. Clashes between Palestinian…
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2 shot with live ammunition at Ofer prison demonstration
15 February 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Ofer Prison, Occupied Palestine A demonstration was held outside Ofer prison in Ramallah as part of a week of action in solidarity with Palestinian political prisoners, and in particular to protest the continued detention of Samer Assawi who is on his 207th day of hunger strike whilst being…
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My family has been seperated
14 February 2013 | Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, Divided Palestine The Gaza Strip has often been called an “open air prison” in light of the illegal closure imposed on it by the Israeli authorities. However, the territory became a prison for many Palestinians long before the closure came into effect. In the early stages…
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BDS campaigners cost Veolia 4.7bn in London
8 January 2013 | No 2 Veolia Action Group, London Vociferous local campaign by the No2 Veolia Action Group leads Occupation profiteer Veolia to withdraw from colossal waste management contracts. No 2 Veolia Action Group (No2VAG) are celebrating a huge victory with the withdrawal of Veolia, a multinational company complicit in Israeli violations of international law,…
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Resist the land grab: donate a tree
29 January 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus, Occupied Palestine For more than a decade the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) has supported Palestinians during the olive harvest, a task which continues to be challenging. We regularly support farmers by accompanying them to fields and planting olive trees in areas of high risk of settler attacks…
