Author: ISM Media
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Night of Israeli violence: Al Aqsa Mosque barricade, house demolition, gang beating, arrests
22 August 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Just after midnight on Monday, August 22 the Israeli military took the opportunity to trap 1500 Palestinian youth inside al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, blow up a house in Hebron (injuring 30 people in the ensuing riots), and arrested a member of the Freedom Theatre in Jenin.…
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50 arrested during pre-dawn sweeps in Hebron
21 August 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Just before dawn today, Sunday August 21, IDF forces raided the towns of Hebron and Bethlehem in the West Bank. Preliminary reports indicate that up to 250 people have been arrested in Hebron, including at least 70 Hamas leaders. Twitter feeds on the ground speak of…
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Gaza strikes: Destroying just to destroy
20 August 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza Israeli attacks on Gaza are not limited to trying to kill people. Sometimes, they bomb things just to destroy them, pointless destruction. On the morning of August 19th, 2011 Israeli warplanes bombed Kateeba. Kateeba is a large unfinished building near Al Azhar University. It has a giant…
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Israeli forces continue to bomb Gaza: 13 year old boy dead and 18 injured
19 August 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza Israel’s price tag campaign is not waged only by the settlers in the West Bank; it is also waged against the people of Gaza. It isn’t exactly clear what the Gaza Strip is paying the price for. In contrast to Israeli propaganda, people are killed in Gaza…
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Kufr Qaddoum cutting the wire on illegal settlements
19 August 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank A joyful demonstration occurred in Kufr Qaddoum today, when more than 100 demonstrators successfully cut open and tore down a razor wire fence on a road leading to Nablus just outside the city. The demonstration began at around 12:30 p.m., when about 100 Palestinians and 15…