Category: Reports
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EAPPI: Army makes fifty homeless in Jordan Valley demolitions
11 February 2011 | Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI) Residents in the village of Khirbet Tana will sleep in caves tonight following the demolition of their homes on Wednesday. Israeli bulldozers destroyed six homes and several makeshift shelters for sheep, which villagers had erected after demolitions in January. The army has demolished…
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Several detained in An Nabi Saleh
07 February 2011 | International Women’s Peace Service On Friday, 5 February, approximately 20 international and Israeli activists joined the residents of the village of An Nabi Saleh in the Ramallah district for the village’s regular non-violent demonstration against land confiscation and Israel’s occupation policies. The village had been placed under curfew since 7am, with…
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CPT: Masked Israeli settlers chase schoolchildren, give directions to Border Police
8 February 2011 | Operation Dove & Christian Peacemaker Team On the afternoon of 7 February 2011, three Israeli settlers from Havat Ma’on outpost chased a group of 12 Palestinian schoolchildren who were walking home from school. The Israeli military had failed to arrive to escort the schoolchildren, forcing the children to take a longer…
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Nabi Saleh marches with the people of Egypt
6 February 2011 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee Despite pounding rain and aggressive repression tactics employed by the army, the village of Nabi Saleh marched Friday in solidarity with the people of Egypt. The demonstration was also in honor of 14 year Nabi Saleh resident Islam Tamimi, who was arrested in a night raid in…
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Prisoners’ relatives protest against Israeli detention
3 February 2011 | International Solidarity Movement Ahmed Youssef Al Ahnan was but a child of 17 when he was arrested six years ago in his aunt’s house by the beach of Khan Younis. “I still don’t know why they took my boy. How is it possible that they can arrest a child just like…