Author: ISM Media
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The right to water: Water cistern demolitions in Hebron area
by Joseph 23 April 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On Monday April 23, 2012, the Israeli occupation forces destroyed four water cisterns outside of the city of al-Khalil (Hebron). Two of the destroyed cisterns were located in the Abweire area, a small agricultural neighborhood of 400-500 residents northeast of al-Khalil. The other two…
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The Battle of Empty Stomachs: Khader Adnan highlights the consolation of solidarity
by Sylvia 24 April 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On the 17th of April, Palestinian political prisoners launched a mass hunger strike against the Israeli Prison Service’s (IPS) dismissal of the Fourth Geneva Convention and basic international law. The call for action comes on Palestinian Prisoners Day after a wave of high-profile hunger…
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Impunity Under the Law: Settler attack in Jabari neighborhood
by Paige 22 April 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Marwan Borqan always locks the main door to his house at night. Late at night, soldiers will often knock at his door, ‘checking,’ they say, although Marwan has never known what they are checking for. That is why he did not find it unusual…
