Category: Reports
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The testimony of a young Palestinian in Beit Hanoun, Gaza: “They shoot at anything that moves”
The interview below describes events that took place nearly a week ago. Early this morning another massacre took place in Beit Hanoun. Eighteen Palestinians were killed instantly (7 of them children) and more have since died. Sixty people were lying injured on the ground, according to Palestinian doctors on the scene. Interview conducted by Silvia…
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Checkpoint closed for eight hours after IOF soldier shoots Palestinian
by ISM Nablus, 5th November Yesterday, the checkpoint known to Nablusians as “Sabatash” was closed to everyone trying to pass it in both directions. Located at a narrow bend in the road, flanked by a steep mountainous slope and a watchtower overlooking an olive grove valley running beside a military road, this checkpoint is notorious…
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Israeli settlers chase families off their Nablus land while soldiers stand by
by ISM Nablus, 4th of November 2006 Today, Palestinian farmers from Azmut village north of Nablus city were attacked on their land by a gang of Israeli settlers, who were accompanied by two soldiers. The settlers ran after the families, shouted and threw stones at them. At one point they kicked and hit international volunteers,…
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Israeli military kills non-violent demonstrators in Gaza
Israeli attacks on Gaza continue Friday with the murder of two unarmed female non-violent demonstrators in the town of Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip. As one woman participating in the demonstration stated “We risked our lives to free our sons.” (source: BBC article, see below) The BBC has published video of the non-violent…
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Army attack non-violent protest in Al Khader village near Bethlehem city
by Michael Whiting, IMEMC, November 3rd Several non-violent protesters were severely beaten by Israeli military and border police troops today, as a demonstration was staged at the tunnel checkpoint on route 60, a main Israeli controled road on the route to the south of the West Bank from Jerusalem. At three in the afternoon Palestinian,…