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International activists to accompany Gazan farmers
9 February 2010 For Immediate Release: On Tuesday the 9th February 2010, ISM Gaza volunteers will be accompanying farmers from the village of Khuza’a near Khan Younis to their land near the border with Israel where soldiers fired at the farmers recently on several occasions. Several farmers have been shot by Israeli forces while farming their lands. 5 June 2009, Shoka, Rafah: Khaled Ismail Mohammed Jahjuh was shot in his lower spine by the Israeli army.…
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Israeli forces fire upon a demonstration in Gaza
ISM Gaza 8 February 2010 The Israeli army fired four shots and shouted abuse at the group of about 40 Palestinians and internationals who, on Monday 8th February ’10, walked within 50 meters of the Erez border crossing, waving Palestinian flags and chanting demands for justice and an end to the Occupation. Similar demonstrations have taken place weekly for over a month and this is the closest that the demonstrators got to the border, so far.…
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Israel admits detention of international activists illegal
International Solidarity Movement 8 February 2010 A state prosecutor admitted before the Supreme Court today that the Immigration Police illegally detained the two international activists arrested yesterday in a pre-dawn raid on the International Solidarity Movement’s Ramallah offices. The two will be released on bail. Earlier today, the Israeli Supreme Court ordered the release on bail of the two activists who were arrested on Sunday during a pre-dawn raid on the Ramallah media office of the…
