Category: Features
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Al Baqa’a: The struggle of a family in the shadow of illegal annexation
by Alistair George 17 November 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank “The Israelis hope that that the young people leave, the old people die, and then they can confiscate the land and the houses” says Sami, an activist working in Al Baqa’a, a windswept valley situated a few kilometers east of Hebron. The Jaber…
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Proceedings in US national’s civil suit over West Bank injury to begin
13 November 2011 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee UPDATE: The opening court date has been postponed from 17 November to 24 November 2011. Tristan Anderson, a US National, suffered a life-threatening injury after being shot in the head with a high velocity tear-gas projectile during an anti-Wall demonstration on March 13th, 2009. On 13 March 2009, Israeli Border Police officers shot US activist from California, Tristan Anderson, in the head with a high velocity tear-gas projectile during a demonstration in the West Bank Village of Ni’ilin. He was shot…
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Israeli military profiling and assaulting international observers in Hebron
5 November 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank For over a week now, ISM activists have been continually harassed, and on one occasion assaulted, by Israeli soldiers who have frequently demanded that internationals to hand over possessions of their passports. This ongoing situation has occurred within the ‘H2’ zone in the city of Hebron,…
