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Resident of Al-Mazra’a ash Sharqiya remove roadbock that prevents them access to Route 60
Thursday, October 16, around 150 residents of the village of Al-Mazra’a ash Sharqiya, joined by Israeli and international activists, gathered in an effort to remove four roadblocks from a road connecting the village of Al Mazra’a ash Sharqiya to Route 60. At eleven in the morning, cars from the center of town drove towards the…
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Settlers smash Palestinian family’s car while soldiers refuse to intervene during olive harvest in Azmut
At approximately 10:40 on Thursday morning a Palestinian family from Azmut, in the northeast of Nablus, was harvesting their land near the illegal Elon Moreh settlement when a group of five settlers terrorized the family. The settlers, wielding bats and knives, proceeded to attack the family car, smashing all windows and slashing all tyres, before…
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ISM Gaza: ‘Sailors the world over face danger every time they put to sea. However, their risk stems from the elements, not from state-sponsored terrorism’
Personal account of accompanying Gazan fishermen by ISM activist On Sunday 12th October, I joined a group of international human rights observers dispersed amongst a small fleet of seven Palestinian trawlers from the port of Gaza City. We left port at 8.00am and headed out to sea in a westerly direction. Soon after leaving port…
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Two Palestinians injured and five Israeli activists arrested after settler attack in Turmas’ayya
Two Palestinians were injured and five Israeli activists arrested in the village of Turmas’ayya during an Israeli settler attack. Israeli settlers from the illegal settlement outpost near Shilo surrounded villagers from nearby Turmas’ayya during the yearly Palestinian olive harvest, attacking two villagers who had been separated from the rest of the harvest. Talal Gebrara, an…
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ISM Gaza: Israeli navy again open fire on Gazan fishermen and internationals
This Sunday the 12th October 2008, the Israeli navy continued its violent harassment of Palestinian fishermen. A fleet of seven fishing boats from the port in Gaza City initially spotted two Israeli gunboats operating in Palestinian territorial waters at 08:45. The gunboats began circling some of the fishing boats at the rear of the fleet,…
