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Fifteen Palestinian fishermen and three internationals abducted from Palestinian waters off the coast of Gaza
Gaza City, 10 a.m.- Fifteen Palestinian fishermen and 3 international Human Rights Observers (HRO’s) were surrounded by the Israeli Navy and taken from their boats 7 miles off the coast of Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip. The fishermen and the HRO’s were transferred from 3 separate boats to the Israeli warships. Other Palestinian fishermen reported…
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Weed pulling threatens armed Israeli soldiers
By Donna Wallach Al-Faraheen, Abasan Al-Kabeera, Gaza Strip, Palestine, 12th November 2008 On Wednesday 12th November, five international volunteer Human Rights Observers, most of them members of ISM Gaza Strip, went to Al-Faraheen, east of Khan Younis to pull weeds in the radish garden at the farm of Jaber Abu-Rageliyah and Leila Abu-Daga and their…
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Solidarity with the Al-Kurd family
On the 15th of November a music festival was held at the protest tent in Sheikh Jarrah. A Palestinian musician played to a crowd of local residents, international activists and journalists to show support for the evicted Al-Kurd family and at the same time send a message of protest to the Israeli authorities. A crowd…
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Israeli forces invade the village of Jayyous to block demonstrators from protesting the re-routing of the Apartheid Wall
Video courtesy of Israel Putermam On Sunday 16th November, approximately 100 Palestinians, Israeli and international activists in the village of Jayyous were stopped in their attempt to demonstrate against the new plans to re-route the Apartheid Wall by Israeli army forces who invaded the village and blocked the streets. Israeli military Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs)…
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Maan: Israeli authorities order evacuation of house eviction protesters
To view original article, published by Maan News Agency on the 16th November, click here Israeli authorities on Sunday afternoon ordered evacuation of a protest tent near the house of a Palestinian Jerusalemite family that was evicted from their home. Tension is building in the area as Israeli police and military forces massed near the…
