Category: Reports
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Military violence increases in Jayyous: elderly man arrested during a night invasion
27 November 2009 Israeli Occupation Forces arrested an elderly resident of Jayyous this week, a Palestinian village located in the Qalqilya region, that has maintained an active campaign against the terrorisation of its people and the annexation of its land by the illegal Apartheid Wall. Mohammad Salim, a 63 year old resident of Jayyous was…
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Dozens of activists from around the world join Bili’n’s weekly protest on the International Day for Solidarity with the Palestinian People
Bil’in Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements 27 November 2009 Under the slogan, “Towards a Palestine free from settlements, the Wall, Apartheid roads, checkpoints and roadblocks, and for one united Palestine with no islands and cantons”, the residents of Bil’in, joined by international and Israeli activists, gathered in a protest after the Friday prayer.…
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Residents of Sheikh Jarrah hold Eid al-Adha prayers and demonstrations against ethnic cleansing and house evictions
27 November 2009 On Friday 27 November 2009, the Eid al-Adha celebration in Sheikh Jarrah, a Palestinian neighbourhood in occupied East Jerusalem, was marked by prayers and demonstrations. In the night unto Eid, the sleep in the neighbourhood was disturbed at 2am by loud music coming from a street party attended by Jewish settler youths,…