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BDS court victory in London: ‘Ahava four’ found not guilty of trespass in Israeli store
11 August 2010 | ISM London Four campaigners against Israeli apartheid were acquitted yesterday (August 10th) of all charges related to two direct action protests against the Israeli cosmetics retailer Ahava in Covent Garden, London. The campaigners locked themselves onto concrete-filled oil drums inside the shop, closing it down for two days in September and December of 2009. The campaigners insist that they are legally justified in their actions as the shop’s activities are unlawful. All…
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Israeli army close down shops opposite Shuhada street in Hebron
11 August 2010 | ISM Yesterday, August 10th, between 3:00 and 4:00 in the afternoon, in response to peaceful Palestinian resistance to the military occupation of Hebron – and ongoing settler violence – the Israeli army decided to collectively punish Palestinian shopkeepers in the Old City. They had been threatening for weeks to close certain shops because they are located by the yellow gate that closes off Shuhada street, where a weekly peaceful demo has started…
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Ethnic cleansing continues: Bedouin village Al Araqib demolished for the third time
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Bedouin village of Al Araqib demolished for the third time 10 August 2010 Al Araqib, NEGEV The Bedouin village of Al Araqib in Southern Israel was destroyed for the third time in two weeks this morning, Tuesday August 10th, by Israeli civil administration forces. At approximately 5.45 this morning around 50 Israeli police and 15 border police arrived in jeeps to guard 3 caterpillar bulldozers who razed the Palestinian Bedouin village near Beersheva,…
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