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Japanese activist shot near the eye in Bil’in may not regain his eyesight
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kaoru Kishida, a Japanese activist shot near the eye by a rubber-coated steel bullet in Bil’in, has just been operated on in St. John’s Eye Hospital in Jerusalem. The doctors still don’t know if he will regain his eyesight. Kishida was shot on January 25th, in a non-violent demonstration against the Annexation…
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CPT: Israeli military arrests approximately 40 Palestinians and places Beit Ummar under curfew
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 13 February 2008 HEBRON Since 1 am on 13 February, the Israeli military placed the village of Beit Ummar under curfew and arrested approximately forty men between the ages of 18 and 25. Since early morning, Israeli soldiers have been entering homes. The military has closed four different areas inside the village.…
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Protesters Blockade Israeli State Owned Company
For IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press contact: 07986 764432 07745 817822 thewallmustfall@riseup.net 11 February 2007 From around 3pm today Palestine solidarity demonstrators have been blockading Carmel Agrexco’s U.K headquarters in Swallowfield Way, Hayes, Middlesex to highlight the company’s human rights record in occupied Palestine. Protesters were met with violent assaults by Agrexco security guards who smashed a…
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Palestinians who appealed to the Israeli Supreme Court to stop settlers from digging tunnels under their homes were rounded up by the Israel police
For Immediate Release For months the Israeli Antiquities Authority (IAA), with funding from the settler organization ELAD, has been digging under the private property of Silwan residents in occupied East Jerusalem. The owners of the land were not informed nor did they give their consent to the digging that has already resulted in damage to…
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Army siege on Azzoun village continues
*Update, February 14th* Yesterday the five day curfew of the West Bank town of Azzoun came to an end. Although the new roadblocks barring traffic to Isla and road 60 remain in place, the towns residents can now walk in the streets. The curfew was lifted at 11am on Tuesday, but was reinforced at 5pm…
