• Israel steps-up pressure on Issawiya village with blockades

    14 November 2010 | Wadi Hilweh Information Center & ISM Issawiya, Jerusalem – Today large concrete blocks were laid across Issawiya village’s north-eastern entrance by Israeli troops, marking the second time in three days that the entrance has been physically blockaded by the military. The blocks, aside from severely obstructing village traffic, confirm residents’ fears of what appears to be Israeli authorities’ strategic isolation of Issawiya village. Thursday, November 10th, Issawiya witnessed clashes between Palestinian youth…

  • Weekly Demonstration Report — High Velocity Tear Gas Canisters used in an Nabi Saleh

    14 November 2010 | International Solidarity Movement Al Nabi Saleh demonstrators assaulted with high velocity tear gas canisters and rubber bullets The weekly demonstration at Al Nabih Saleh took place again this Friday, one day after the six year anniversary of Yasser Arafat’s death. One young boy was shot in the hand with a rubber bullet, and tear gas canisters were shot throughout the whole demonstration to prevent demonstrators from reaching the village spring near the…

  • Beit Hanoun commemorates 2006 massacre, Israeli forces shoot Gazan rubble collector

    13 November 2010 | International Solidarity Movement -Gaza The demonstration in the Beit Hanoun Buffer-zone tuesday remembered the brutal Israeli shelling in the area 4 years earlier that killed 20 civilians and injured 60. Palestinians of the Local Initiative group and 4 International Solidarity Movement activists approached the wall at Erez crossing and passed rock collectors in the buffer zone some 100 metres from the border. The next day, Israeli soldiers positioned on observation towers near…

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