Category: Reports
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Protest march towards the Dead Sea
03rd January 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil Team | Jericho, Occupied Palestine On the 1st January, at approximately 12pm, 40 Palestinian and international activists attempted to march towards the Dead Sea in an effort to protest against the proposed Israeli bill to annex the Jordan valley. Israeli forces prevented the demonstration from reaching the shore, in response the…
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85-year-old Saeed Ali Gasser from Kafr Qaddum, killed by suffocation from tear gas
02nd January 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Kafr Qaddum, Occupied Palestine Yesterday, Wednesday 1st January, Israeli forces raided the village of Kafr Qaddum during an anniversary march to commemorate the start of the Fatah movement, 49 years ago. Israeli soldiers and border police shot many tear gas canisters towards the villagers and into…
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Five demonstrators injured in violent Nabi Saleh protest
29th December 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah Team | Nabi Saleh, Occupied Palestine On Friday 27th December, during the weekly demonstration in Nabi Saleh, Israeli forces raided the town with a “skunk” (chemical) truck, fired large amounts of tear gas canisters and shot rubbed-coated steel bullets at unarmed protesters. Five people were injured by rubber-coated…
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Escalation of Israeli attacks on Gaza kills two, injures at least 14, over five days
27th December 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Rosa Schiano | Gaza, Occupied Palestine Early on the afternoon on Friday, 20th December, Israeli occupation forces killed a 27-year-old Palestinian, Odah Jihad Hamad, and wounded his brother Raddad, age 22, north of Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip. The Palestinian Center for Human Rights reports that Israeli…
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Israeli army confiscates land in Qusra
26th December 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Qusra, Occupied Palestine Israeli soldiers have declared a road south of Qusra, in Nablus District, a security zone, thus denying villagers access to over 500 dunams of their farmland. At 10:00 this morning, Israeli soldiers positioned themselves at various strategic points around the village. The commander then held…
