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Settler guard murders Palestinian in East Jerusalem; police fire gas at his funeral
23 September 2010 | ISM Media On the morning of Tuesday 22 September a privately-hired Israeli settler security guard shot and killed a Palestinian man in the neighbourhood of Silwan in Palestinian East Jerusalem (Al-Quds). The killed man, Samer Sarhan, was aged 32 and had five children. Eyewitnesses say the shooting followed a verbal disagreement between Sarhan and the security guard. Palestinian outrage at the murder precipitated a general strike in the Silwan neighbour, with hundreds…
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Two Silwan residents shot dead by settlement guards
22 September 2010 | Wadi Hilweh Information Center – Silwan Update: only one man was killed in Silwan. More people were injured but not killed by gunshots. Massive army presence as clashes continue in Baten el-Hawa, next to Beit Yonathan settlement. Very early this morning in Silwan Village, a patrol of private armed guards stopped near a group of unarmed Palestinian men who were on the Wadi Hilweh Street. According to eyewitness reports, the guards spoke…
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Weekly protests continue across Palestine
20 September 2010 | ISM Media Arrests, low-flying tear gas canisters and rubber-coated steel bullets: reports from weekly demonstrations in Bil`in, Ni`lin, An-Nabi Saleh, Al-Ma`sara, Beit Ummar and Hebron.
Action Alert An Nabi Saleh Apartheid Wall Arrests BDS Bethlehem Bil'in Cast Lead Demonstration Denial of Entry Ethnic Cleansing Farmers Gaza Global Actions Hebron House Demolition International law Israeli Army Jerusalem Live Ammunition Nablus Ni'lin Prisoner Ramallah Rubber-coated steel bullets Settlement Settlers Settler violence Tear-Gas Canister Video