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Ni’lin residents demonstrate against Apartheid Wall
2 October 2009 Today about 70 people protested against the illegal Wall in Ni’lin. Less people than normal participated in the demonstration because of the olive harvest season. The demonstrators were attacked by the Israeli armed forces with a severe amount of tear gas, sound bombs and ‘skunk’ water. The majority of the tear gas […]
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Residents of Burin protest the destruction of an olive grove by settlers
4 October 2009 The village of Burin came under attack from the nearby illegal settlement of Bracha on Monday the 28th of September. At 5am 25 settlers invaded the farmland of Abid Moussar, taking to his olive trees with chainsaws. 150 trees in total, covering 4 dunums of land were destroyed, just one day before […]
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Gazan human rights organizations hold press conference
ISM Gaza 3 October 2009 Following the Palestinian Authority decision on 2 October to defer the draft proposal endorsing the UN “Goldstone Report”, nearly twenty different human rights organizations issued a statement and held a press conference condemning the Palestinian Authority’s decision. Among the groups were the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), Al Mezan […]