Category: In the Media
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Setting a dangerous precedent: 16-year-old Ali Shamlawi faces 25 counts of attempted murder for alleged stone throwing
18th June 2013 | Mondoweiss, Katherine Flynn| Hares, Occupied Palestine Three months ago today, in the early hours of March, 17 2013, Israeli soldiers appeared at 16-year- old Ali Shamlawi’s house in the West Bank village of Hares. They blindfolded him, handcuffed him and took him away. His arrest was one of a spate of…
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Mass protest aims to focus attention on Jerusalem
16th June 2013 | The Electronic Intifada, Joe Catron and Patrick Strickland | Occupied Palestine Activists demonstrated internationally on Friday as part of efforts to focus attention on Israel’s aggression against Palestinians in Jerusalem. Known as the Global March to Jerusalem, the protests marked the 46th anniversary of theNaksa (setback) — Israel’s 1967 occupation of the Gaza Strip and West Bank, Syria’sGolan Heights,…
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Israel bars children over eight from visiting fathers in prison
15th June 2013 | The Electronic Intifada, Joe Catron | Gaza City, Occupied Palestine On 20 May, Obeida Shamali visited his father, Ahmad Abd Alraheem Shamali, in Israel’s Nafha prison. It was the first time they had seen each other since Israeli forces captured Ahmad in August 2008. “I was very happy,” the seven-year-old said. He was…
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‘This time we were not forced to swim naked in the sea’: Gaza fishermen left jobless after illegal arrest in Palestinian waters
1st June 2013 | Mondoweiss, Petra Stastna | Gaza, Occupied Palestine A young Palestinian fisherman was arrested together with his brother within Palestinian waters on 19 May 2013 by the Israeli navy and released the following day. Their boat and all equipment were confiscated by the Israelis, leaving them with no means to make a living.…
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Activist dares imagine a one-state solution
By Patrick Cooke 2nd April 2013 | The Times of Malta The snow that fell on the West Bank village of Urif on January 10 was the heaviest in years, enticing delighted children out of their homes. But snow was not the only thing to descend on the village that morning. As the children threw snowballs,…