Category: Reports
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Demonstrators refuse to be intimidated by military violence
International Solidarity Movement 22 June 2010 Al Ma’asara After three years of being blocked from accessing their land on Fridays, Al Ma’asara villagers were granted permission on Friday to walk to the fields which will be confiscated by planned wall construction. Soldiers initially tried to block the route with razor wire but, as it was…
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Israeli violence continues in Gaza ‘buffer zone’: wheat harvest prevented; three injured by shelling
International Solidarity Movement 20 June 2010 Five female farm-workers returned to the Gaza ‘buffer zone’ early Saturday morning, with the intention of continuing the wheat harvest near Khoza’a village, Khan Yunis. The harvesters were forced to abandon their work after just thirty minutes as snipers attacked the unarmed workers with a barrage of live ammunition.…
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Stop the bullets! A call to end the use of live ammunition against unarmed civilians in the Gaza ‘buffer zone’
International Solidarity Movement 19 June 2010 The catastrophic Israeli attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, which left 9 dead, has rightly horrified the international community. However, lethal force by the Israeli military is nothing new to Palestinians. In the Gaza ‘buffer zone’, live ammunition is routinely used against unarmed demonstrators and farmers. * The ‘buffer…