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Occupation Forces Continue Raids on Budrus Village
Report by Shai E. and Matan. Translated by Rann B. On Friday the 26th of May 2006, about six jeeps belonging to the border police unit and gunner unit that is currently serving in the Macabim division drove around the village of Budrus firing in every direction. The forces fired tear gas, rubber-coated steel bullets…
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Arson at the Outpost in Bil’in
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE At 5pm today, May 28, 2006, Palestinian workers from the nearby settlement of Modi’in Illit called Abdullah Abu Rahme, from Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements of Bil’in, to tell him there was huge fire at the outpost. Abdullah went quickly to the outpost and found the army, the police, ambulance,…
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More Settler Attacks on International Volunteers in Tel Rumeida, Hebron
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Youth from the Tel Rumeida settlement spat on, beat, assaulted, and stoned human rights workers from Canada, Denmark and Sweden yesterday (May 27, 2006). In three separate attacks on internationals and Palestinians the kids were encouraged by adults of the religious extremist Jewish community. Israeli soldiers and police refused to do anything…
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ICAHD: “Don’t Say ‘We Didn’t Know’ “
From The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions On 1st April 2006 Nasser, together with around ten other Palestinians tried to enter Israel through the Oranit checkpoint in order to look for work. A army ambush discovered them and opened fire. Nasser was injured in his leg and fell down. Soldiers approached him and began to…
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IMEMC: “Five Palestinians, including three teens, killed by Israeli artillery shells in the Gaza Strip”
Saed Bannoura, IMEMC & Agencies – Friday, 26 May 2006, 21:56 As the Israeli army continued its shelling of Palestinian neighborhoods in the northern Gaza Strip on Friday night, five Palestinians, including three teens – two of them members of the same family, were killed when their home was hit by artillery shells and caught…