Author: ISM Media
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Settlers parade Hebron
24 September 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Today at 4 p.m. the settlers paraded as usual around the Old City of Al Khalil, or Hebron, from 4 to about 5 p.m. About 5 international observers, as well as members of Christian Peacemakers Team and World Council Church volunteers witnessed the pompous parade. Over…
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Essam Aoudhi: Martyred in defense of Qusra
23 September 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Today Essam Kamal Abed Aoudhi, a 35 year old father of 8 children from the village of Qusra, was murdered by the Israeli army as they fired live ammunition indiscriminately into a crowd of villagers gathered in their village. From the nearby outpost of Esh Kodesh…
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First time welcomed into Ni’lin
23 September 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank At 1 pm the demonstration in Ni’lin started. 4 ISM volunteers helped to protest against the illegal, Israeli Apartheid Aall. After reaching the wall, the Israel army attacked us by using tears gas and rubber bullets. Some local protesters were hurt by the rubber bullets. After…
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Israel’s “Scream” fails to silence Palestinian resistance
22 September 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On Wednesday, demonstrators at the Qalandia checkpoint were met with a new weapon referred to as the “Scream,” an obnoxious siren that sounded once demonstrators had organized near the checkpoint in spirit of a future Palestinian state. The new sound weapon was used for the first…
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Hebron rally: “Like everyone else, we want to be free”
21 Wednesday 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank A huge rally for Palestinian statehood surged through the streets of Hebron all day Wednesday, mobilizing thousands and culminating in prolonged and sustained Israeli military attacks on Palestinian civilians in the narrow and crowded markets of the Old City. The demonstration began at 10:30 AM around…