Category: Press Releases
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Home demolition in Jerusalem: “They want our land. We need help to protect it.”
1st April 2015 | Jerusalem, Occupied Palestine Nureddin Amro and his brother Sharif Amro and their families were awakened at 5:30 am by over a hundred Israeli soldiers who came to demolish their home in the Wadi Al-Joz neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem on Tuesday, March 31, 2015. Both men are blind. The brothers live with their…
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Peaceful tree planting attacked by settlers and soldiers, two hospitalised and one arrested
1st April 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil Team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine On March 31st around 40 Palestinian children and adults gathered in Hebron near Qurtuba school, a Palestinian school in the H2 neighbourhood of Tel Rumeida, to plant trees in commemoration of Palestine’s Land Day. Israeli extremist settlers from the illegal settlements in Al-Khalil (Hebron) attacked…
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Continuing harassment of activists in Palestine
Occupied Al Khalil (Hebron), West Bank On an almost daily basis Israeli forces in Al Khalil harass and arrest local and international human rights activists as they try to do their tasks. The activists document violence towards Palestinians and act as a protective presence around children who are on their way to school. The volunteers’ feel…
