Category: Reports
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IWPS: International human rights volunteers needed in Palestine
4 June 2011 | International Women’s Peace Service The International Women’s Peace Service (IWPS) is a small team of international female human-rights activists in Palestine. We: Provide accompaniment to Palestinian civilians (including farmers during the annual olive harvest), Document and non-violently intervene in human-rights abuses, Support Palestinians in their non-violent resistance to end the Israeli…
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Private Israeli guard opens fire on protesters, protester hit by shrapnel
4 June 2011 | Ni’lin Village A private Israeli guard opened live fire on protesters marching on an illegal quarry near the West Bank village of Shuqba. The march was organized by the Ni’lin and Budrus popular committees and commenced at noon. Dozens of Palestinian and Israeli activists marched toward the illegal quarry to stop…
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Second settler arson attack on Madama in a week
3 June 2011 | International Solidarity Movement On Thursday June 2 at about 1pm, the villagers of Madama were again victims of a settler arson attack on their land. According to Samed Hamad, a 15 year old Palestinian who saw the incident, settlers from the nearby illegal settlement Yizhar, set fire to a crop Field…