Category: Nablus
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Palestinian arrested in night raid on his family’s home
25nd January 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Bruqin, Occupied Palestine At around 4:00 AM on January 23, Israeli forces arrested 22-year-old Raja Sabra in the course of a violent raid on his family’s home in the Palestinian village of Bruqin. His father was awakened by noises coming from outside. Twenty to thirty…
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Released after over 10 years in an Israeli prison
22nd January 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Awarta, Occupied Palestine Two weeks after his release from prison, ISM activists had the opportunity to sit with Aiman Awwad and his friend, Samer Zaqah, in their hometown of Awarta. Aiman was arrested in June 2004, at the age of 20, and released in January…
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VIDEO: Olive trees destroyed in Yasuf
13th January 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus team | Yasuf, Occupied Palestine On Monday, January 11th, a farmer in Yasuf went out to see how his land had weathered during the recent storm and saw that a large number of olive trees in neighbouring plots had been cut down to their trunks. He immediately alerted…
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More Palestinian teenagers shot by the Israeli military
12th January 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus team | Burin, Occupied Palestine On Saturday, January 10th, Palestinian youths went out to play in the snow on Al-Sabeh Mountain in east Burin. A group of Israeli settlers approached the village as if to attack it, and clashes erupted between them and the youth. Israeli soldiers arrived…
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VIDEO: Snow and rain does not stop Kufr Qaddum protest
9th January 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus team | Kufr Qaddum, Occupied Palestine Dozens of demonstrators braved the rain today to protest the continued closure of the Kufr Qaddum’s main road to Nablus. A peaceful march began at noon after prayers ended. Villagers, alongside Israeli and international activists, walked up Kafr Qaddam’s main street as…
