Category: Reports
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Israel’s 64th Colonial Day answered by Nabi Saleh’s peaceful resistance
by Sam 28 April 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Last Friday, April 27, around 100 Palestinians and their supporters gathered in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh to protest the nearby illegal Israeli settlement and the unjust conditions of life under occupation. The protest comes just a day after Israeli ‘independence day’…
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The right to water: Water cistern demolitions in Hebron area
by Joseph 23 April 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On Monday April 23, 2012, the Israeli occupation forces destroyed four water cisterns outside of the city of al-Khalil (Hebron). Two of the destroyed cisterns were located in the Abweire area, a small agricultural neighborhood of 400-500 residents northeast of al-Khalil. The other two…
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The Battle of Empty Stomachs: Khader Adnan highlights the consolation of solidarity
by Sylvia 24 April 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On the 17th of April, Palestinian political prisoners launched a mass hunger strike against the Israeli Prison Service’s (IPS) dismissal of the Fourth Geneva Convention and basic international law. The call for action comes on Palestinian Prisoners Day after a wave of high-profile hunger…
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Impunity Under the Law: Settler attack in Jabari neighborhood
by Paige 22 April 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Marwan Borqan always locks the main door to his house at night. Late at night, soldiers will often knock at his door, ‘checking,’ they say, although Marwan has never known what they are checking for. That is why he did not find it unusual…
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Israel opens fire on protesters in Ni’lin: One youth injured by rubber-coated bullet
by Sunny 22 April 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank The weekly demonstration in Ni’lin on Friday April 20th was relatively quiet compared to previous weeks. Nevertheless, it showed again the disproportionate measures taken by Israeli occupation forces against the Palestinian resistance. The Israeli army propelled skunk spray, tear gas, sound bombs, and rubber-coated…
