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Twilight zone / An organic bond

16 September 2011 | Haaretz This is a bad story with a happy ending. It’s also a story that makes one happy, but still leaves a bit of a bitter taste in one’s mouth. It’s the story of a Palestinian ...

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In Pictures: Sheikh Jarrah

16 September 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank The ultimate aim of the Zionist organizations is to convert Sheikh Jarrah into a new Jewish settlement and to create a Jewish continuum that will effectively cut off the Old City ...

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Al Aqaba village wakes up to demolitions

15 September 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank The Israeli military invaded al Aqaba village east of Tubas at 6am this morning and demolished a home and main road. The operation consisted of two bulldozers and ten military vehicles. ...

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Protests in Northern Gaza

15 September 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza  The Palmer Report, recently released by the United Nations, was a moral travesty. It asserted that the naval blockade of Gaza was somehow separate from the land siege of Gaza.  The Palmer ...

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Fathers speak on the mass arrests in Hebron

15 September 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On Sunday the 21st of August the Israeli army carried out arrests in al Khalil (Hebron) on a scale not seen since 2003.  Around 120-200 people were kidnapped from their homes ...

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Sheikh Jarrah in need of more international presence

13 September 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank In the early hours of September 12th, local illegal settlers in Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem, torched and destroyed a protest tent frequented and inhabited by locals and international volunteers and observers ...

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