Author: ISM Media
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Kufr Qaddoum: two boys arrested and beaten before weekly demonstration
By Tete Telsen 17 June 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Prior to the weekly demonstration in Kufr Qaddoum last Friday, June 15, two young Palestinian boys were detained and beaten by Israeli soldiers. At least three others were injured by tear gas canisters during the peaceful protest that ensued. Shortly after noon on…
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Hebron: three arrested in women’s march on Shuhada street
By Nina Larsson 17 June 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On June 13th, 20 Palestinian, Israeli, and foreign women dressed in traditional Palestinian clothes attempted to walk the central street in the West Bank city of Hebron but were violently attacked and dispersed by the Israeli military. Six individuals were arrested; 3 international,…
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20 Palestinian detained children started a hunger strike in Hasharon prison
13 June 2012 | Palestinian Information Center, Gaza Twenty Palestinian children, detained in Hasharon prison, launched on Tuesday June 12, an open hunger strike protesting the harsh prison conditions and the prison administration’s neglect of their demands. A 17-years-old child Ahmed Lafi, who was one of the strikers, told the Ministry of the prisoners in…
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Issa Amro, coordinator of Youth Against Settlements, arrested at border on way to speaking tour
15 June 2012 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee Issa Amro, Coordinator of Youth Against Settlements, was stopped last night by Israeli authorities at the Allenby Bridge. He was arrested and taken to Hebron police station, where he was interrogated for hours on suspicion of involvement in organizing the women’s action that took place in Hebron…