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Israeli forces raid Bil’in in the night
9 November 2010 | International Solidarity Movement Today at about 3 in the morning the Israeli army entered the village of Bil’in. About 50 soldiers came in by jeep and by foot. As they arrived to the two targeted houses, they ran and took positions outside, while a number of them entered the house of two brothers. Soldiers hammered on the door of one house, demanding to see 30 year Ashraf al-Khatib. It turned out they…
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Derisory Supreme Court hearing on the wall in al-Walaja
08 November 2010 | Stella & Jillian On Monday the 8th of November, after a two hour charade in the Supreme Court of Israel, the decision over the path of the wall in Al-Walaja (near Bethlehem), was adjourned for another 45 days. Their indecisiveness was mainly with respect to the fact that the path on which the wall is already being built is entirely private property belonging to Palestinian villagers. The court needs to wait for…
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Israeli forces remove the memorial of Samer Sarhan amidst daily unrest in Silwan
8 November 2010 | International Solidarity Movement & Wadi Hilweh Information Center Today, workers from the Jerusalem municipality and Israeli forces removed the Memorial of Samer Sarhan, this morning. They also removed the water supply donated on the soul of Samer Sarhan and the olive tree planted in the place, although the tree was present prior to the monument. The operation took place under the monitoring of an Israeli helicopter in the area. Vehicles of municipal…
