Category: Reports
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Sleepless nights in Burin
By Alma Reventós 25 July 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank “I have not slept all night.” The words of a young man from the Bilal Al-Najjar youth cultural center in Burin, after a night of raids by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) on the town. On Monday 23 July at 9:30 p.m., some…
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Al Mufagarah: Cave dwellers struggle to remain on their land
By VLR 21 July 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank In the peaceful landscape of the South Hebron Hills, the occupation of the land is a daily struggle. Whilst life seems to be quiet and smooth the Palestinian communities often have to forget their daily life problems to focus on a bigger issue: resisting…
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Askar Refugee Camp: “Our dream is to visit Jerusalem”
By Hakim Maghribi 21 July 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank A short distance from Nablus one finds the community of Askar camp. What appears as a suburb or cut-off of the city, is actually a refugee camp. Established in 1964, it today houses some 6,000 people in 1 square kilometre. The inhabitants are…
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Nabi Saleh: 11 arrested in weekly demonstration
By Hakim M. 16 July 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank The weekly demonstration in Nabi Saleh faced brutal repression from the Israeli military on Friday, July 13. Beginning at 1:30 p.m., Palestinian and solidarity activists walked down the village road to find it closed off by Israeli border police and a ‘skunk’ tank,…
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Commemoration in Kufr Qaddoum: Demonstration turns 1 year
By Hakim M. 16 July 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On 12 July, the West Bank village of Kufr Qaddoum celebrated the one year anniversary of their weekly, popular demonstration. The regular protests are targeting the closure of their main road in particular, and the Israeli occupation in general. One decade ago, the…