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The Guardian: ‘We have no alternative than peaceful protest’
By Rory McCarthy To view original article, published by The Guardian on the 8th July, click here Israeli troops have surrounded a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank after several weeks of demonstrations against the latest stretch of the West Bank barrier. For at least the past two days the military has placed a…
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Two Palestinians arrested, two internationals injured as groups attempt to break the siege on Ni’lin
Two Palestinian activists have been arrested and a Canadian activist has been shot in the leg by a rubber-coated steel bullet while attempting to take in food and other supplies to the West Bank village of Ni’lin, which has been holding constant non-violent demonstrations against the Israeli annexation barrier for the last two months. In…
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Three Palestinians shot with live ammunition, three arrested and many injured as siege of Ni’lin continues for 4th day
As the Israeli blockade and imposition of curfew in Ni’lin nears the end of its fourth day (7th July), the violence continued as the Israeli army has escalated its force by completely surrounding the village and is maintaining a constant presence on the streets inside. The blockade, intended to prevent Ni’lin’s demonstrations against the apartheid…
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Israeli army build earth-mound “by mistake”
On the afternoon of the 5th July, the Israeli army built an earth mound blocking the only entrance to the village of At Tawamin in the southern hills of Hebron. Just in time international and Israeli activists showed up whereupon the soldiers claimed, “it was a mistake”. Half an hour later the earth mound was…
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Day three of the siege of Ni’lin
After yesterday’s turbulence, the Israeli army drew into the village of Ni’lin at around 2am this morning, the 6th of July. They threw sound-bombs, shot rubber-coated steel bullets in the air and pointed searchlights into the windows while snipers took position. At about 5am they declared a curfew through mega-phones and made a lot of…
