Category: Reports
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Peaceful demonstration in Ni’lin met with tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets
8th April 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah team | Ni’lin, occupied Palestine On April 7th Israeli forces repressed a demonstration in Ni’lin, during which soldiers fired tear gas and a rubber-coated steel bullet into the crowd of Palestinian protesters as well as Israeli and international activists. The demonstration began Friday afternoon after the prayer, where…
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Israeli forces threaten Palestinian families with house demolitions
7th April 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah team | al-Bireh, occupied Palestine On 5th April, 2017, Israeli forces told Abbas Qar’an and his family that their home in al-Bireh was going to be demolished. The homes of two other anti-occupation activists in the area recieved similar threats. ISM activists met with Abbas, the son of…
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Israeli forces obstruct transport and installation of protective fence
6th April 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Israeli forces on Tuesday evening, 4th April 2017, obstructed the transport of large materials by Palestinians on Shuhada Street in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron). Palestinians were carrying the large metal pieces first to Shuhada checkpoint, where just a few days before, Israeli forces…
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Israeli forces demolish Palestinian farm in Abu al-Ra’eesh, west of Salfit
5th April 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah team | Abu al-Ra’eesh, occupied Palestine On the morning of April 5, 2017, the Israeli occupation forces demolished residential tents and six sheep pens in the area of Abu al-Ra’eesh, southwest of Dirbolut, west of Salfit. The structures belonged to the Shheibar family and were located between the…
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Wadi Qana’s Palestinian farmers endure another mass tree uprooting
5th April 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Just days after Palestinians commemorated Land Day, a day which marks the struggle against the Israeli government’s expropriation of Palestinian land, farmers of Wadi Qana endured another mass uprooting and theft of their trees. Speaking from his home in the Salfit district…
