Category: Features
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BDS: Bill Gates slammed over links to Israel prison torture
Addameer and Palestinian BDS National Committee Palestinian human rights organisations have criticised Bill Gates after it emerged that his charitable foundation is heavily invested in G4S, a private security company that helps Israel run prisons at which Palestinian political prisoners are held without trial and subjected to torture. In an open letter to the Bill…
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Armed settlers occupy village land in Hebron
14th March 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Team Khalil | Arab ar Rashyaida, Occupied Palestine On Tuesday 11th March 2014 villagers from Arab ar Rashyaida, 15 kilometers (10 miles) west of Hebron, noticed that a large tent and industrial digger had moved onto a hill top on a villagers land. ISM Hebron was called and accompanied…
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Nabi Saleh honors Muataz Washaha
8th March 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Team Ramallah | Nabi Saleh, Occupied Palestine On Friday 7th March the protest at An Nabi Salih took on a special significance after local Palestinian man, Moutaz Washaha, was assassinated in his home town of Bir Zeit on Thursday last week. A group of more than 50 Palestinian locals, activist…
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Roadblocks impede Palestinians freedom of movement
7th March 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Team Nablus | Occupied Palestine The video below shows the presence of Israeli flying checkpoints and roadblocks that impede Palestinian movement. The trip from Ramallah to Nablus can take as long as 2 hours. Roadblocks and flying checkpoints along the road slow traffic for Palestinian travelers. The soldiers…
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Bahaa runs for Palestine
4th March 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Rosa Schiano | Gaza, Occupied Palestine In the shadow of the bleachers of Yarmouk stadium in Gaza City, still damaged by Israeli bombing, 400-meter Olympic runner Bahaa Al Farra trains. Bahaa took part in the London Olympics, along with three other Palestinian athletes, in 2012. “I started racing at the age…
