Author: ISM Media
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Songs tear down fences in Izbat Tabib
13 July 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On July 13th villagers in the small town of Izbat Tabib wanted to protest against the illegal Israeli construction of barbed wire fences outside the village, preventing farmers from tending their lands and olive trees. In the beginning of the afternoon, villagers and international activists gathered at the mayor’s…
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Israeli armed forces gun down 21 year old
14 July 2011 | International Solidarity Movement A 21 year-old student was killed by the Israeli army on July 13th in Al Faraa refugee camp, whilst on his way to prayer. Around 3:30 am the Israeli military entered the refugee camp with several heavily armed vehicles. Ibrahim Omar Serhan, a student at Al Najah University,…
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Attempts to tend to farmland result in arrests
13 July 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On the 12th of July 2011, 4 ISM members with a group of international activists, including Israeli, French, Belgian, Portuguese and a 5 Palestinians attempted to enter the illegally, occupied farmland of a Palestinian landowner in Beit Ommar. The initial plan was to try to farm and clean…
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JVS: Fasayel VS Al Awja: a goal for the Palestinian Jordan Valley
11 July 2011 | Jordan Valley Solidarity Yesterday, July 10th, was launched the third edition of the Jordan Valley football tournament in Al Awja. Yousef Lafi, from the Palestinian Football Federation, along with Al Awja club manager, Fathy Khderat and Ibrahim Sawafta, from the JVS campaign, opened the football tournament. Every speaker emphasized the importance…
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Hole in the wall at Qalandia checkpoint
10 July 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On 9th July, a group of twenty Palestinians accompanied by twenty internationals, managed to cut through some fence near the checkpoint at Qalandia. The direct action was organised by Welcome to Palestine as part of the Week of Action in the West Bank. The action was…
