Category: Reports
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Israeli police demolish tent of evicted Sheikh Jarrah family for the fifth time
14 December 2009 On Monday 14 December 2009 at 10am, heavily armed Israeli police came to the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood in occupied East Jerusalem and demolished the Gawi family tent for the fifth time in two months. As the winter rain started to fall, the Gawi family members found themselves once again on the street…
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Settlers set fire to Yasuf mosque, burning over 80 Qur’an and other holy texts
11 December 2009 Settlers set fire to the mosque of Yasuf village in the Nablus region of the West Bank on Friday, 11 December. The vicious attack was carried out in the early hours of the morning, after which the village was invaded by Israeli Occupation Forces, firing tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets at…
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One injured by live ammunition at weekly demonstration in Ni’lin
11 December 2009 More than 150 residents of Ni’lin, international and Israeli activists attended today’s weekly Friday protest against the Wall. After the Friday prayer, which was held on the village’s land, demonstrators marched towards one of the gates, chanting slogans against the confiscation of Palestinian land and called for an end to Israeli military…
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Bil’in residents call for the release of the village’s prisoners in a weekly Friday demonstration
Bil’in Popular Committee 11 December 2009 Approximately 150 Palestinian, international and Israeli activists gathered in Bil’in today, marking the 22nd anniversary of the start of the First Intifada and calling for the release of the village’s prisoners arrested for their involvement in the non-violent demonstrations against the Wall and settlements built on land stolen from…
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Israeli police pepper-spray 13-year old Palestinian boy in Sheikh Jarrah, arrest twenty four
11 December 2009 On Friday 11 December 2009, the fourth demonstration march against evictions and demolitions of Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem arrived in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood. The demonstration takes place every Friday, and gathers Israeli, Palestinian, and international activists in West Jerusalem to subsequently march to the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood in occupied East…