Category: Reports
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Israeli army supress peaceful demonstration in Iraq Burin
21 May 2011 | International Solidarity Movement Around 80 Palestinians and international activists held a peaceful demonstration today in the village of Iraq Burin to protest the theft of village land for settlement construction. The demonstration began at about 16.00 when protesters marched through the village and over the hills towards the illegal settlement of…
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Israeli army imposes curfew on Madama
21 May 2011 | International Solidarity Movement On Thursday May 19, the Israeli army invaded Madama with many jeeps, and imposed a curfew lasting from 21:30 to 4:00am. During this time a man called Hani Muhammad Nassar was arrested and tortured inside a jeep for 3 hours. Whilst being interviewed Hani said: “The army came…
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Palestinian testimonies about settler attack in Tuba
20 May 2011 | Christian Peacemaker Teams Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) has released a video of Palestinian testimonies about the recent settler invasion in the village of Tuba. On 16 May, shortly before midnight, Israeli settlers invaded Tuba, damaged property, and stole and injured several sheep belonging to the Ali Awwad family. Members of the…
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Green Palestine marks Nakba day
19 May 2011 | International Solidarity Movement With the creation of Israel in 1948, four hundred and eighteen Palestinian villages were wiped out and destroyed, displacing hundreds of thousands of Palestinian people from homes they had lived in for generations. This year on May 17, in further commemoration of the Nakba (the Catastrophe), the ISM…
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Free Bassem and Naji Tamimi
18 May 2011 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee Recent events have once more proven the potency of civil resistance, and its ability to bring about change and end injustice. From the Arab Spring to the recent demonstrations commemorating the Nakba, ordinary people are affecting change. While Abdallah Abu Rahmah is finally out of Israeli prisons,…