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More Settler Attacks in Hebron, While Soldiers and Police Watch
by Andrew At around 1.20pm on Thursday the 27th of October I received a phone call from one of the three internationals who had come to the aid of a Palestinian schoolgirl near Qurtuba School, and who were now under attack from a mob of settlers. I made my way quickly to the end of…
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Bil’in Prisoner Solidarity Demonstration Report
based on a report by IMEMC Israeli soldiers fired tear gas and rubber coated bullets at a non-violent protest against the Separation Wall in Bil’in village, near the West Bank city of Ramallah on Friday. The protest started midday Friday after dozens of residents, peace activists and representatives of Physicians without Borders, marched towards a…
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Israeli Soldiers, Police and Settlers Block Olive Harvest In Yanoun, Nablus Region
by two ISM activists in Nablus Our experience of the harvest started in Yanoun village, Nablus region at 7am on the 26th of October. We accompanied two old Palestinian women in a field just down the hill from the Itamar settlement. Half an hour after we started, a settler came and tried to get rid…
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Four More Arrests in Bil’in; Further Arrests Resisted by Villagers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Israeli soldiers invaded Bil’in last night for the fourth time in six days. A group of about 20 Border Police arrived in jeeps and arrested four non-violent Palestinian activists who they accused of damaging the fence, including an expectant father, two brothers and a 16 year old boy. Afterwards, a group of…
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“Demolish all the illegally built homes in the West Bank” – Israeli Chief of Staff General Dan Halutz
PRESS RELEASE by the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) ICAHD notices with concern the statement by Chief of Staff, Gen. Dan Halutz, as reported in Ma’ariv (October 26, 2005), in which he is quoted as saying that in response to the recent suicide attack in Hadera Market he would implement various responses. Amongst responses…
