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Sheikh Jarrah protest camp demolished by Israeli forces yet again – Two internationals taken by police
Israeli forces have again demolished the protest tent established in Sheikh Jarrah, Occupied East Jerusalem, built on Palestinian private property in support of the evicted al-Kurd family and the 18 Palestinian families who currently face eviction from the neighbourhood. Two international solidarity activists, one British and one Austrian, who had been staying in the tent,…
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The Observer: Israeli blockade ‘forces Palestinians to search rubbish dumps for food’
UN fears irreversible damage is being done in Gaza as new statistics reveal the level of deprivation By Peter Beaumont To view original article, published by The Observer on the 21st December, click here Impoverished Palestinians on the Gaza Strip are being forced to scavenge for food on rubbish dumps to survive as Israel’s economic…
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Ni’lin hold shoe demonstration against the occupation
19th December 2008 At noon on Friday 19th December, around 150 protesters from the village of Ni’lin, joined by international and Israeli solidarity activists, gathered in the village to protest against the construction of the Apartheid Wall being built on Ni’lin’s land. This demonstration took the form of a prayer protest on land close to…
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Stop The Wall: “Our struggle will continue until the Wall is torn down!”
By Mohammed Othman Jayyous 19-12-2008 To view the Stop The Wall website click here A massive demonstration against the Wall was held in Jayyous on December 19, with about 700 people, mostly youth, protesting against the new path of the Wall that will permanently confiscate nearly 6,000 dunums of village land. The demonstration, which lasted…
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Northern West Bank under attack as Israeli forces terrorise Palestinian villages
From Thursday 18th to Friday 19th December, Israeli military forces invaded multiple villages and cities in the Northern West Bank; including Nablus, Burin, Beita, Jenin and Araba – occupying homes, destroying property, and terrorising families. In the case of Beita, the incursion coincided with Israeli authorities cutting all water supplies to the village of 12000…
