Category: Reports
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In Photos: Settlement too close for comfort
by Amal 16 December 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Kufr Qaddoum’s resistance is only getting stronger and is showing no signs of slowing down. The resilience of the Kufr Qaddoum residents is remarkable. Every week the Israeli Occupation Forces have increased their aggressive attacks, and yet the people still join together every Friday…
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In Photos: The construction of segregation
by Jenna Bereld and Samar 16 December 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Today, Israeli soldiers once again denied the Palestinians’ right to assemble and protest against the construction of the illegal separation wall. About fifty villagers of Qalandia gathered after the Friday prayer and went to the construction site in a peaceful demonstration.…
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Israeli soldiers raid Hebron homes “to stay in shape”
by Carol Vans 15 December 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Today on December 15, Israeli soldiers raided private property and at least one school in what appeared to be a military excercise in Hebron. Around 7:30 in the morning soldiers entered the playground of Ibrahimi elementary school and claimed that children had been throwing pieces of…
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Narratives under siege: Overcrowded living
14 December 2011 | Palestinian Center for Human Rights Muhammed Salman Abu Rashad, 45, Amna Abu Rashad, 31, and their nine children live in the Jabalia refugee camp, one of the most densely populated areas on earth. The family represent just 11 of the 1.1 million refugees who make up the vast majority of Gaza’s…
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Planting the seeds of resistance and steadfastness in the no go zone
by Nathan Stuckey 13 December 2011 We set off from in front of the Beit Hanoun Agricultural College under the flags of half a dozen countries, but listening to the music of Palestine. Every Tuesday, for three years, we set off from here into the no go zone, that three hundred meter strip of death…