Category: Press Releases
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Eighteen demonstrators arrested after a gate in the Wall was breached in Deir alGhussoun
Popular Struggle Coordination Committee 14 November 2009 The protesters were arrested as the demonstration was coming to an end, by soldiers who invaded the village and flanked them from the back. Eighteen demonstrators were arrested today in the West Bank village of Deir alGhussoun, north of Tulkarem, after Israel’s Separation Wall was breached by Palestinian,…
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Protesters reenacted the fall of the Berlin Wall to mark its 20th anniversary: 8 meter tall concrete wall dividing Ramallah and Jerusalem tipped-over
Popular Struggle Coordination Committee 9 November 2009 In a symbolic reenactment of the event that changed the world 20 years ago, demonstrators from all over the West Bank managed to topple a section of Israel’s wall, 8 meters of reinforced concrete in height, near the infamous Qalandiya Checkpoint. On the 20th anniversary of the fall…
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Israeli settlers plow privately owned Palestinian fields, Israeli police fail to intervene
9 November 2009 | Christian Peacemaker Team For immediate release: At-Tuwani – On the morning of Sunday 8 November 2009 four Israeli settler youth from Ma’on settlement plowed privately-owned Palestinian fields in Umm Zeituna valley. The settlers arrived at approximately 8:50am and chased two Palestinian shepherds off the land throwing stones, before starting plowing. Local…