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Launching of the olive harvest campaign in the south of Palestine – “We will never give up!”
By Mireille Despite Israeli forces closing of the main road, 50 Palestinians, internationals and Israelis gathered on Friday morning, October 17, on the lands of the villages of Umm Salamuna and Al Masara, to begin the villages’ olive harvest. After a long walk through the hills (the closing of the main roads obliged us to…
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Israeli navy currently attacking Al-Mina, Rafah shore
20:00, 20th October, 2008 – Rafah, Southern Gaza Strip. Palestinian fishermen are currently under attack by Israeli naval forces in Al-Mina, Rafah. The Israeli navy is firing at the beach and at fishermen in the water, damaging their nets and forcing them to retreat onto the land. Live ammunition is as well being fired at…
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Video of latest Israeli navy attack on Gazan fishermen
Gazan territorial waters, 18th October 2008 At approximately 12:30, a Palestinian fishing vessel from the port in Gaza City, was trawling 6km off the coast of Deir Al Balah. An Israeli Dvora class gunboat (no. 831) approached the fishing boat, began circling it and opened fire. The incident lasted several minutes and was witnessed and…
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Tadamon!: Palestine – Apartheid Fares
By Aaron Lakoff, October 2008, Interview recorded in Biddu, Palestine To view original interview posted on Tadamon!, click here Photo: Aaron Lakoff. Mohammed Mansour, near Biddu, Palestine. Mohammed Mansour is a resident of Biddu, a village near Ramallah in the West Bank of Palestine. A former organizer with the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), he now…
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Haaretz: Hebron settlers assault Palestinians, activists harvesting olives
By Nadav Shragai To view original article, published by Haaretz on the 18th October, click here Witnesses and Reuters crew on Saturday said that Israeli settlers clashed with Palestinians and others helping them pick olives in the West Bank town of Hebron. The settlers reportedly punched and kicked two news photographers and a British woman…
