Category: Reports
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Villagers Unite Against Apartheid Road
by Sam, December 23rd This afternoon over 200 Palestinian, Israeli and international activists participated in a protest against the proposed new settler-only, apartheid road which will run from the Gush Etzion settlement block to the south and illegally annex Palestinian farmland, affect homes and destroy significant heritage sites including a cemetery in the Halhul and…
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Olive branches in Bil’in fail to quell IOF aggression
by the ISM media team, December 22nd Today’s weekly demo against the Apartheid Wall in Bilin saw some rare but welcome wet and overcast weather. Instead of the usual midday sun, clouds and drizzle accompanied the marchers on their route from the village mosque to the wall. The wet weather had the opposite effect of…
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Forty settlers freely trespass Palestinian property, Australian human rights volunteer arrested
by ISM Hebron, December 17th At 11am, human rights workers in the Tel Rumeida district of Hebron were alerted that 40 Israeli settlers, one of whom was armed, had invaded the Abu Haikal’s property and were having a picnic and campfire in their olive groves. The settlers were accompanied by 15 soldiers. The settlers and…
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Anti-Wall Protesters Sit their Ground in Bil’in
by the ISM Media team, December 15th Today’s demonstration in Bil’in was relatively peaceful, with less violence from the soldiers than there has been in the past. However, they still used rubber bullets and tear gas to attack Palestinian youth who threw stones in defense of their village. Accompanied by around 15 international supporters and…
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Destroyed Homes in Walaja: βIt’s always the same picture for us…β
In the space of two weeks, the Israeli occupying army has come to the village of Walaja at least three times. The first time was to demolish an outbuilding that housed animal feed. The second, last week, was to arrest a father of five during the night for apparent links to political party Hamas (he…