Author: ISM Media
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Israeli army raid four Palestinian villages inside firing area 918, South Hebron hills
3rd November 2012 | Operation Dove, West Bank By Operation Dove www.operationdove.org FRIGHTENING NIGHT FOR PALESTINIAN FAMILIES On the 1st of November Israeli soldiers irrupted in Al-Fakheit, Al-Majaz, At-Tabban and Al-Mirkez, villages of the ‘Firing Area’ 918 in the West Bank. The soldiers surrounded the villages, and internationals’ phones started to ring continuously. One by…
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Palestinian youth arrested and 4 detained at Nabi Saleh weekly demonstration
By Naseem Roberts 2nd November 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank One Palestinian Youth was arrested and four others: two Israelis and two internationals were detained during the Friday non-violent weekly demonstration in Nabi Saleh. People from the village met in the main square of the village from 11:30am onwards. At 12pm the demonstration…
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UPDATE – Freedom for international activists!
30th October 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank UPDATE: 2nd November 2012 Great news – Elyana and the other international activist have been released! Thank you so much to everyone who made a donation to make this possible. The judge ruled that their detention and the attempted deportation was illegal which sets an excellent…
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Night raid on family – two Palestinians abducted in Shuhada Street, Hebron
30 October 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank At approximately 2am Israeli occupation forces climbed down from the roof at the back of a family complex on Shuhada street to apprehend student Abed Al Salayma, age 20. Abed was blindfolded and led from his home a short time thereafter while his distraught mother remonstrated…
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Picking olives in a cage
Journal by Ellie Marton 25 October 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank I spent Tuesday inside a cage. Not my usual way to spend a sunny Tuesday – but for the Palestinian farmers I was with, this is routine. This is because their land happens to be near the illegal Israeli settlement of…
