Category: Reports
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In Gaza, remembering the sick Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails
2nd February 2014 | Resistenza Quotidiana, Sil | Gaza, Occupied Palestine At this week’s Gaza sit-in in solidarity with political prisoners in Israeli jails, the focus was on the sick prisoners. The Palestinian political prisoners in need of medical care number about 1,000, and the lives of many are in danger because they are often denied…
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UN presence at Kafr Qaddum demonstration leads to theatrics by Israeli forces
31st January 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Kafr Qaddum, Occupied Palestine In stark contrast to other Fridays, the weekly demonstration of Kafr Qaddum, in Qalqilya district, on 31st January, 2014, was met with a cynical display of theatrics, in which Israeli forces attempted to portray themselves as peacemakers. The presence at the…
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Two international activists arrested on visit to military court
29th January 2014 | International Solidarity Movement | Occupied Palestine On Wednesday 29th January, 2014, two international human rights activists were arrested at Salem Military Court, in Jenin district. The activists, Norwegian and Canadian, were at the court to attend a hearing for Ahmad Atatreh, a 20-year-old Palestinian activist who had been arrested ten days…
