Author: ISM Media
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Israeli forces violently dispersed demonstration in Kafr Qaddum
13th August 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, Huwwara team | Kafr Qaddum, occupied Palestine Friday 11th of August, the Israeli forces violently dispersed the weekly Friday demonstration in Kafr Qaddum. The villagers have been protesting since 2011 against the closure of their main road that leads to Nablus. The closure of the road complicates the…
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Settler violence continues in occupied al-Khalil
7th August 2017 | International Solidarity Movement | Al-Khalil team, Occupied Hebron On the evening of Saturday 5th August, a group of 30 to 50 settlers aged between 15 and 30 years old from the illegal settlement of Kiryat Arba entered the Palestinian neighbourhood Wadi al-Hussein from the illegal settlement of Kiryat Arba and verbally and…
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BDS conference in Australia: end complicity with Israeli apartheid
7th August 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, support group Australia | Australia Multi-award winning poet and playwright Samah Sabawi began Australia’s second and biggest national conference on Israeli Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions last week in Sydney, with words from the diaspora: “In 2005, after decades of failed negotiations, Palestinian civil society lit a candle in…
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Israeli forces repress Friday demonstration in Kafr Qaddum
6th August 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, Huwwara team | Kafr Qaddum, occupied Palestine On Friday 4th of August residents of Kafr Quaddum held their weekly demonstration against the closure of a road, once the main transport route from the community to Nablus. The weekly Friday demonstrations began on 1st July 2011. The closing of…
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Palestinian schoolchildren celebrate graduation in al-Khalil
5th August 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, Al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Palestinian children celebrated graduation yesterday in the occupied city of al-Khalil (Hebron). The occasion was marked by a cultural festival, organised by the Palestinian National Initiative. The event was lively, with singing, dancing and comedy, as well as a rousing speech by…
