Author: ISM Media
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This Occupation is brought to you by Corporate America
by Paige 23 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank During a recent demonstration in Hebron (Al Khalil) demanding the opening of Shuhada street, protesters were subjected to something that could only have been thought up in the United States – a weapon which comes with its own commercial. Amid the sound of concussion grenades exploding,…
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Awaiting release and hearings of local activists, Kufr Qaddoum met with more Israeli violence
by Robin and Leila 23 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank It was under a bright, sunny sky that the people of Kufr Qaddoum once again gathered to protest against the roadblock which isolates them from the rest of the West Bank. The past week there had been much frustration and anger since Murad Ashtawi, member…
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A family’s nightmare: Beaten and kidnapped by illegal settlers near Qadumim as Israeli military facilitates the crime
by Jonas Weber 23 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank A family of four was kidnapped by settlers on Thursday afternoon while having a picnic close by an outpost near Qadumim. When soldiers arrived at the scene they chased away the relatives of the kidnapped family with tear gas and rubber coated steel bullets alongside settlers throwing…
