Category: Press Releases
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Day of Rage against the Prawer Plan will be held this Saturday, 30th of November, in the Naqab
10th November 2013 | Prawer Won’t Pass Campaign | Occupied Palestine After a month laden with demonstrations and debates in the Interior Affairs Committee of the Knesset, this Saturday will see the largest event held thus far in the Naqab (Negev), with thousands of protesters expected to arrive from around the country. Parallel protests will be held in Gaza,…
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Gaza boy remembers Israeli drone strike that maimed him and killed his cousin
18th November 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Charlie Andreasson | Gaza, Occupied Palestine An hour before dusk, an armed drones flies low over the rooftops, taking its time, seeking. A few miles away, someone sits, perhaps a young man, perhaps a woman, in front of a screen, secure in a command center. Soon this faceless person…
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South Hebron Hills’ outpost of Havat Ma’on continues to expand. Despite documentation, Israeli officials deny knowledge of expansion
11th November 2013 | Operation Dove | At Tuwani, Occupied Palestine The Israeli outpost of Havat Ma’on (Hill 833) in the West Bank’s South Hebron Hills is growing at a phenomenal rate since the beginning of October. On Saturday November 9, the activist group of Ta’ayush (an Arab and Jewish grassroots nonviolent movement) and international…
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After Gaza Power Plant Forced off, Humanitarian Conditions of Approximately 1.7 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip Deteriorate
8th November 2013 | Palestinian Centre for Human Rights| Occupied Palestine The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) expresses deep concern over the deterioration of humanitarian conditions of the civilian population due to the aggravation of the electricity crisis in the Gaza Strip. On Friday morning, 01 November 2013, the operation of the Gaza power…
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Protest against Israeli chemical factories in Tulkarem
5th November 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Tulkarem, Occupied Palestine On the 4th of November, associations, officials and activists protested against the chemical factories that sicken the population of Tulkarem. The construction of Israeli factories on Palestinian land near Tulkarem started in 1987. At the time locals were told these installations were…