Category: Reports
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Palestinian Activists with International and Israeli Supporters Picket Kofi Annan’s Visit
by ISM Media Office volunteers This afternoon, peace activists from the International Solidarity Movement joined Palestinians, Israelis, and international supporters from other organizations to picket the visit to Ramallah of Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations. Mr Annan was in the West Bank today to meet Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority…
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Settler Children Burn Down Palestinian Olive Tree in Hebron, Israeli Soliders Block Firefighters
by ISM Hebron On Saturday August 26th, at approximately 12 noon, a Palestinian family in Tel Rumeida, (in the Israeli controlled H2 district of Hebron) noticed a group of settler boys setting fire to the dry grass in front of their home. This land contains many olive trees and settlers have attempted to burn down…
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Palestinian Children Assaulted by Israeli Army
by ISM Hebron On Sunday August 27th, two HRWs were on Shuhada Street in front of the military post which watches the Beit Hadassa settlement in Hebron. At around 5 p.m. a group of six Palestinian kids between approximately 10 and 12 years of age, who had been around the area for a few hours,…