Category: Reports
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Tarqumia “Terminal” – A Checkpoint by Any Other Name
by Lilly Six hours. This is how long Palestinians have to wait before they can pass the “terminal” at Tarqumia in the West Bank, which leads either into Israel or, eventually on to the Gaza Strip. The soldiers at the checkpoint deny this. “All they need is permission from the District Coordination Office (DCO, the…
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Popular Committee Member Targetted in Bil’in
by an ISM Media office volunteer At the weekly anti-Wall protest in Bil’in today around 75 villagers, internationals and Israelis tried to march to the site of the illegal Wall but were stopped by soldiers on the edge of the village. As the demonstrators tried to march through the olive groves the soldiers started firing…
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Palestinian and International Activists Remove Roadblock
by Palestine Solidarity Project On September 21, 2006, in the village of Al-Jab’a, Palestinian and international activists partially removed an earth mound roadblock that separates the Palestinian village of Al-Jab’a from the Palestinian village of Surif. In 2002, Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) created the illegal roadblock to prevent the villagers of Surif and the villagers…
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Israeli Colonist Attacks Continue Against Beit Ommar Farmer
by Palestine Solidarity Project On September 20, 2006, in the village of Beit Ommar, activists with the Palestine Solidarity Project visited the farmland of Abu Jaber and his brother Abu Sameer. This is the third time that activists with the Project have met with the farmers to document damage done to their land by nearby…
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Illegal Barriers in Hebron Region Destoryed
by Palestine Solidarity Project On September 15, 2006, Palestinian and international activists removed large sections of a razor wire barrier erected on Palestinian land in the Al-Khalil (Hebron) region, and designed to isolate and bisect a village. The fence was repeatedly cut, metal stakes removed, and the razor wire ripped to be rendered unusable. The…