Category: Features
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Photos: Palestinians rally for prisoners in Gaza as Samer Issawi freed in Jerusalem
27th December 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Marco Varasio | Gaza, Occupied Palestine On 23rd December, like every Monday morning, relatives and friends of the Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails gathered at the International Committee of the Red Cross’ Gaza office for the weekly rally. But people at the rally had another reason to gather:…
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UPDATED: Murad Eshtewi, head of the Popular Committee of Kafr Qaddum, has been arrested
21st December 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Kafr Qaddum, Occupied Palestine Second Update 24th December: A military judge has ruled that Murad Eshtewi will be released from prison with a 7000 NIS bail. Nery Ramati, Murad’s lawyer, argued that it was unreasonable to continue to hold Murad for interrogation as he had not been…
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Viscous crackdown on unarmed protesters against the Prawer Plan just outside Ramallah
2nd December 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah Team | Occupied Palestine Over 100 Palestinians and international activists took part in a non-violent demonstration on the 30th of November to protest against the Prawer Plan. The demonstration began at the al-Bireh municipality building in Ramallah and proceeded onto the Bet El settlement nearby. Demonstrators were met with stones then…
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Israeli army demolish a house in the Salfit village of Deir Ballut
29th November 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Deir Ballut, Occupied Palestine On Thursday morning at five am, the Israeli army demolished a house under construction, and left the area before the owner Ghaneem Mahmoud Abdullah Al-Karim or other villagers were able to arrive at the scene. It is believed that the Israeli…
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Video: Gaza mother remembers Israeli airstrike that decimated her family a year ago
20th November 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Gal·la López | Gaza, Occupied Palestine On 19th November 2012, shortly before the end of Israel’s “Operation Pillar of Defense” military offensive against the Gaza Strip, an Israeli missile struck the Hijazi family’s house as they watched TV. The father and two his children were killed. Other family members were injured.…
