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Israeli police assault and arrest Silwan resident
19 October 2010 | International Solidarity Movement Today Israeli police beat and arrested Mahmoud Rwidy, a 40-year-old resident of the Silwan Spring area in Wadi Hilweh, while he was away with his son to visit the doctor. Eyewitnesses confirm that police fired pepper spray heavily and directly at Mahmoud Rwidy, and that they then beat and arrested him. The incident took place at the south entrance of Wadi Hilweh neighborhood, where this morning Israeli forces escalated…
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Bulldozer driver and ground commander to testify in Corrie trial
17 October 2010 | Rachel Corrie Foundation The driver of the bulldozer that crushed to death Rachel Corrie in Rafah, Gaza, in March 2003, and the military commander in charge of the unit on the ground that day, are scheduled to testify on Thursday, October 21 in the civil lawsuit filed by Rachel’s family against the state of Israel for her unlawful killing. Earlier this month, the court granted the State of Israel’s request that soldiers…
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Settler sewage floods Beit Ommar
Thousands of liters of raw sewage from the illegal Gush Etzion settlement flooded over 50 dunams of Palestinian farmland in the village of Beit Ommar last night. The sewage was pumped from a storage unit inside the settlement onto the land of the Sabarna family, flooding trees and submerging a bulldozer. As of 1 PM the water is still flooding. Today marks the fourth time this year that the settlement has dumped waste water onto the…
