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Jayyous lands again under threat
5th April 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Residents from the West Bank village of Jayyous, east of Qalqilya, endured nightly raids by Israeli forces for a week straight in early April. Israeli occupation forces fired tear gas at resident’s homes, causing some villagers to be taken for treatment to…
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Israeli forces demolish Palestinian farm in Abu al-Ra’eesh, west of Salfit
5th April 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah team | Abu al-Ra’eesh, occupied Palestine On the morning of April 5, 2017, the Israeli occupation forces demolished residential tents and six sheep pens in the area of Abu al-Ra’eesh, southwest of Dirbolut, west of Salfit. The structures belonged to the Shheibar family and were located between the…
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Wadi Qana’s Palestinian farmers endure another mass tree uprooting
5th April 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Just days after Palestinians commemorated Land Day, a day which marks the struggle against the Israeli government’s expropriation of Palestinian land, farmers of Wadi Qana endured another mass uprooting and theft of their trees. Speaking from his home in the Salfit district…
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Israeli forces increase restrictions in Hebron neighborhood
2nd April 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine On Saturday night, Israeli forces expanded a road-closure near Shuhada checkpoint in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron), moving it further into the H1 area – that which is officially under full Palestinian control. After midnight on Saturday, 1st April 2017, Israeli forces began moving…
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URGENT ACTION: Four Palestinian Human Rights Defenders arrested facing military trial
1st April 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine The four human rights activists arrested three days ago on Thursday 30th March on a peaceful Land Day protest action now face the Israeli military court at Ofer tomorrow, 2nd April. They are charged with participating in an illegal demonstration and being…
