Author: ISM Media
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Askar Refugee Camp: “Our dream is to visit Jerusalem”
By Hakim Maghribi 21 July 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank A short distance from Nablus one finds the community of Askar camp. What appears as a suburb or cut-off of the city, is actually a refugee camp. Established in 1964, it today houses some 6,000 people in 1 square kilometre. The inhabitants are…
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Apartheid Safari
By Markus Fitzgerald 21 July 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Saturday evening, around 6pm, a group of illegal Israeli settlers move through the Old City of Palestinian Al Khalil (Hebron). They are both surrounded and fortified by Israeli soldiers. On paper, this tour through is a supposed “ultimate family experience in Israel“. In…
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Israel refuses to investigate death of slain Palestinian protester from Bil’in
18 July 2012 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee Jawaher Abu Rahmah from the West Bank village of Bil’in village, died of cardiac arrest caused by inhalation of excessive amounts of tear gas. The Israeli High Court laid the onus of collecting evidence to justify an investigation on the family, instead of police. Israeli High Court…