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12 people left homeless in Khallet Sakariya
5 July 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank At 6 am this morning the Israeli military demolished a water cistern and one house containing 12 persons, 6 of whom are children, in Khallet Sakariya. The military arrived with 13 cars and more than 55 soldiers as well as a bulldozer. The family had not received a warning of the demolition. The children living in the house were deeply traumatized by the event and one was…
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Welcome to Palestine – if you can get in
5 July 2011 | Sam Bahour, The Guardian Palestinians have globally touted an array of rights that Israel systematically denies. There is the right of return, the right of freedom of movement, the right to water, the right to education, the right to enter (not to be confused with refugees’ right to return) and so on. But the right to receive visitors, or lack thereof? This is the most recent addition. The prohibition on freely receiving…
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On July 8th we are flying for Palestinian freedom — and for our own
3 July 2011 | Welcome to Palestine For Immediate Release Hundreds of internationals on their way to visit Palestinians in Gaza have been prevented from departing from the ports in Greece. However, we hope that on July 8th, 2011, hundreds of others of us from many countries will succeed in reaching Palestine by flying to Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv. We have been invited by some forty Palestinian organizations to “Welcome to Palestine,” a week…
