Category: Reports
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A detainee at risk: Ongoing hunger strike since December 17
by Shahd Abusalama 21 January 2012 | The Electronic Intifada If you have the power, you can abuse it and no one will say a word in protest. At least this is the case for Israel, which openly violates international law and human rights feeling secure that one will stop it. But Khader Adnan, a detainee…
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Kufr Qaddoum drives back Israeli soldiers at weekly demonstration to re-open road
by Aaron 21 January 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank The mood was celebratory following the weekly protest this Friday in Kufr Qaddoum, after demonstrators succeeded in pushing back Israeli soldiers for the second week in a row. The goal of the protest was to open the main road to regional population center of…
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George Orwell meets Mel Brooks in detention of international activist
by Jack English 20 January 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank The ongoing repression of international activists took a turn for the ridiculous on Thursday night in Al Khalil, also known as Hebron. At approximately 7:30pm on January 19th, an activist approached a military checkpoint en route to his apartment, where two soldiers on duty,…
