Category: Reports
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Night Raids and Arrests of West Bank Popular Leaders Continue
Popular Struggle Co-ordination Committee 15 January 2010 In the early hours of the morning, dozens of soldiers invaded the village of alMaasara – a site of weekly peaceful demonstrations for over three years – and surrounded the houses of Popular Committee members Mohammed Barjiya and Mahmoud Zwahre. Both Barjiya and Zwahre were warned about that…
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Network of road gates tightens its stranglehold on Shufa village
15 January 2010 The village of Shufa continues to struggle with restricted road access and no electricity grid connection, as a new road gate is established at the entrance to the village. Israeli Occupation Forces established a new road gate at the entrance to Shufa village one week ago, enabling the military to restrict or…
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Hebron: Israeli military targets Palestinian children for searches and detention
Christian Peacemaker Team Hebron In the last month, the Israeli military has been detaining children for extended lengths of time in the Old City, and at times appearing to be “practicing” soldiery by randomly selecting boys off the street and searching them. In one incident, a fifteen-year-old neighbor of the Hebron team was cutting a…
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ISM Gaza: Education under attack
Bianca Zammit | ISM Gaza 14 January 2010 On December 28th 2008 mid-term examinations had been scheduled to take place at the University College of Applied Sciences (UCAS) in Gaza. When the day arrived, however, the University College’s rooms, which usually cater for 8000 students, were void of any life. This was the second day…
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Palestine Memorial Week kicks off in London
Palestinian Return Centre For the first time, a week of wide ranging activities and events was launched yesterday, Wednesday 13th , to mark six decades of suffering and persecution experienced by the Palestinian people . The events are expected to spread all across Europe especially the UK. During the week, the biggest parliamentarian delegation (55…