Category: Photo Story
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Photos: Gaza families and supporters rally for Palestinians detained by Israel
19th November 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza Team | Gaza, Occupied Palestine On Monday morning, families and supporters of Palestinian detainees held a weekly sit-in in the courtyard of the International Committee of the Red Cross’ Gaza office. The regular event, launched by two detainees’ mothers in 1995, demands the freedom of Palestinian prisoners…
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“Gaza Book”: Exhibition of photos by Gaza children
18th November 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Maria del Mar Fernandez | Gaza, Occupied Palestine We attended a photography exhibition last Wednesday in besieged Gaza City. There were many, many pictures, some of which we photographed. I wish were as much of an an artist as the children, between nine and 16 years old, who…
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Photos of Israeli tear gas canisters fired at Palestinian demonstrators in the Gaza ‘buffer zone’
17th November 2013 | Corporate Watch, Tom Anderson and Therezia Cooper | Gaza, Occupied Palestine On 2nd November 2013 Israeli forces fired tear gas at Palestinians demonstrating in the Gaza buffer zone East of Gaza City, by the Nahal Oz checkpoint. A report of the demonstration by an eyewitness can be viewed here. Pictures of one of the…
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Updated with video: Apartheid wall smashed on anniversary of independence declaration
15th November 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah Team | Bir Nabala and Rafat, Occupied Palestine This morning, November 15, 2013, 25 years after Yasser Arafat declared independence of the Palestinian state, a group of Palestinian activists undertook a direct action against the annexation wall and fence, supported by both Israeli and international activists. At approximately…
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Protest against demolition orders in Izbit Tabib
14th November 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Izbit Tabib, Occupied Palestine Several years ago the village of Izbit Tabib, east of Qalqiliya was served with demolition orders by the Israeli Army. The orders would mean destruction of 33 houses (73% of the village) and the village school. Two houses have already been…