Category: Nablus
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VIDEO: Violating the land they do not own: Kufr ad-Dik resists
25th May 2014 | International Women’s Peace Service | Kufr ad-Dik, Occupied Palestine It was so different this time around. It had gotten much worse. There was not one occupation bulldozer but four; the whole hilltop to the East of the Palestinian village of Kufr ad-Dik (Salfit governorate) had been flattened, huge rocks stacked to the side to make…
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The occupation never sleeps
30th May 2014 | International Women’s Peace Service | Deir Istiya, Occupied Palestine Over seven families in Deir Istiya were rousted from their beds in the early morning today, some to the sounds of banging on their doors, others to fully armed soldiers in their bedrooms. Approximately 200 soldiers entered the village, closing off the main road…
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Photo story: Nablus rally in solidarity with political prisoners
On the 26th of May, more than 500 people joined a demonstration in Nablus in solidarity with Palestinian political prisoners and hunger strikers. Starting from the city’s main square, they then marched through some of the main streets of Nablus. On the 24th of April, over 100 Palestinian political prisoners, many of whom are held under administrative…
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A new illegal settlement is under construction
26th May 2014 |International Solidarity Movement, Nablus team | Kafr ad Dik, Occupied Palestine Early yesterday morning, at approximately 05:00, two drilling machines were at work in Daher Sobeh, at the top of a mountain in the eastern part of Kafr ad Dik, an area where there are many water springs. Together with the machines, there were…
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“What Happened to your Hand?”
24th May 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Awarta, Occupied Palestine On March 22nd 2013, Mohamad Walleed Qwareeq was near the local school in the northern district of the town of Awarta, located approximately 8 kilometers southeast of Nablus. Mohamad, 22 at the time, was with a friend eating almonds, in a grassy field,…
