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Settlers riot in Burin, shooting and setting fire to olive trees

27 July 2010 | International Solidarity Movement At 11:30 yesterday, 26th July 2010, settlers from the Berakha Shomronim settlement began shooting at Palestinians in the village of Burin and setting fire to crops on their land. Trouble flared when Israeli authorities ordered the demolition of a structure in an illegal settler outpost because of the freeze on settlement construction. Israeli police failed to contain the settler riot which followed and closed Huwara checkpoint, near Nablus, in…

July 27, 2010

Ahmad Burnat needs your support to get out of prison

27 July 2010 | Popular Struggle Dear friend, At 1:30 in the morning on July 19th armed Israeli soldiers drove into our village, Bil’in, under the cover of the pitch black night, and raided the house of my friend and well known activist Wajeeh Burnat, who was featured in the documentary Bil’in Habibti. This time, the raid was conducted to take Ahmad, his 17 year-old son. It is not often that we ask for such help,…

July 27, 2010

Protests continue: Al Ma’sara, Beit Ommar, Ni’lin, Iraq Burin and Nabi Saleh

26 July 2010 | International Solidarity Movement Al Ma’sara (23 July 2010): Strong turn out for the second week running Over 100 people participated in Al Ma’sara’s demonstration today in a successful protest against the Israeli Apartheid Wall which saw one person injured. With the support of many internationals, including a large French contingent, the village – known for creatively themed protests – chose ‘European solidarity’ as the slogan this week. The demonstration in Al Ma’sara…

July 26, 2010