Category: Reports
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“Like the Wild West:” Ex-prisoner lives with bounty on his head
by Alistair George 13 December 2011 | International Solidarity Movement West Bank “I see my situation as a cowboy film, like the wild west” says Hani Jaber, showing ISM a poster, written in Arabic saying: ‘Wanted: if anyone has any information about the whereabouts of the killer Hani Jaber, please call us on this number…
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Khan Al-Ahmar: Forced expulsion of Bedouins from Area C
by Alistair George 13 December 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank “From the 1970’s until today, the Israelis used to demolish our tents and houses but not to deport us” says Abu Hamis, a member of the Jahalin Bedouin tribe . “We used to rebuild our places but the new policy which they are…
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Burin: Youth football surrounded by monuments to Israeli occupation
by Ben Lorber 12 December 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On the 7th of December, a windy Wednesday morning behind the boys’ school in the Palestinian village of Burin, 15 teenagers, dressed in red uniform, took to the football field under the coach’s whistle. As the team began its warm-up exercises, another youth…
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Qalandia: White sky of tear gas looms over apartheid wall construction
by Rana H. 9 December 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Peaceful protesters came face to face with Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) in Qalandia on Friday before soldiers began to fire tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets at the civilian group including children, women, and elders. Qalandia village is protesting the construction of the…
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Sheikh Jarrah: Al Kurd family faces 30 day deadline
by Samar and Meriem 11 December 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank ISM has been following the situation of the Al Kurd family from Sheikh Jarrah since 2009 and has kept a presence in the garden of their home. The Al Kurd family is of five other families targeted by these evications. The Fawziya Al…