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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 ...

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#FreedomWaves launches to bring Gaza humanitarian aid

by Ben Lorber 2 November 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On Wednesday, November 2, two international ships left the Turkish harbor to carry humanitarian aid through the Israeli blockade of Gaza. The event, called ‘Freedom Waves for Gaza’,  ...

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The Olive and the F-16: Autumn in Gaza

by Radhika S. 27 October 2011 | Notes from Behind the Blockade Today completes another week of olive picking in Gaza.  Another week of pausing, breaths held, as Israeli tanks the color of sand moved nearby along the buffer zone, ...

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Fishing in Gaza – no day at the beach

24 October 2011 | Notes from Behind the Blockade I saw an Israeli naval warship for the first time yesterday, a concrete monster the color of ash, guzzling up the Mediterranean and spurting it out in its wake. I rose ...

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