Category: Reports
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Hundreds trapped in Ramallah as all exit points closed for afternoon
Soldiers set up a “flying checkpoint” outside Ramallah, near the village of Surda on Sunday. By Sarita and Andrew Ambulances, commerce, people traveling to work or heading home were all brought to a halt Sunday in Ramallah as Israeli soldiers closed all exit and entry points to the city following a shooting by Al Aqsa…
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A snake winds through Bil’in
Carrying a 20-foot long mock snake with a dove baring the colors of the Palestinian flag in its mouth, about 100 Palestinian peace activists in the West Bank village of Bil’in on Friday were joined by 50 Israelis and 30 internationals in a march toward the construction site of Israel’s illegal annexation wall. The display…
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Abdullah Abu-Rahme released
Abdullah Abu-Rahme was released from the jail in Ofer Military Base on Monday, Aug.1, at 2.30 pm. Abdullah was arrested July 17 during a nonviolent demonstration against the wall in his home village of Bil’in. In a previous hearing, a judge at the military base ordered that Abdullah should remain jailed until the end of…