Category: Reports
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PROTEST CALL: oppose the OECD’s Tourism Conference in Jerusalem October 20-22nd
The International Solidarity Movement is calling on activists to protest in Jerusalem in the third week of October against the annual tourism conference of the OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) which should not be held in the occupied capital of an apartheid state in violation of a plethora of international laws. >>>>> ISRAEL…
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Settler guard murders Palestinian in East Jerusalem; police fire gas at his funeral
23 September 2010 | ISM Media On the morning of Tuesday 22 September a privately-hired Israeli settler security guard shot and killed a Palestinian man in the neighbourhood of Silwan in Palestinian East Jerusalem (Al-Quds). The killed man, Samer Sarhan, was aged 32 and had five children. Eyewitnesses say the shooting followed a verbal disagreement…
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Two Silwan residents shot dead by settlement guards
22 September 2010 | Wadi Hilweh Information Center – Silwan Update: only one man was killed in Silwan. More people were injured but not killed by gunshots. Massive army presence as clashes continue in Baten el-Hawa, next to Beit Yonathan settlement. Very early this morning in Silwan Village, a patrol of private armed guards stopped…
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Weekly protests continue across Palestine
20 September 2010 | ISM Media Arrests, low-flying tear gas canisters and rubber-coated steel bullets: reports from weekly demonstrations in Bil`in, Ni`lin, An-Nabi Saleh, Al-Ma`sara, Beit Ummar and Hebron.
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Military Prosecution Demands More Than Two Years Imprisonment for Bil’in’s Abdallah Abu Rahmah
16 September 2010 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee Military prosecutor said harsh sentence should serve as a deterrent to other protesters. Despite military orders to the contrary, army officer said 0.22″ caliber bullets are considered crowd control measures.