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Village Demolished
Khirbet Tana, near Beit Furik, Nablus On July 5th, Israeli forces demolished the entire village of Tana, near Beit Furik, Nablus. The residents had received one day’s notice (via a piece of paper left outside one of their dwellings) that their homes were to be demolished. The villagers knew no-one to call; thus, the razing…
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Update on Ramzi Yassin of Bil’in from Muqassed Hospital
Ramzi Yassin was shot in the head with a rubber-coated steel bullet by an Israeli soldier at a protest in Bil’in on Friday July 8. Ramzi has been unconscious and in serious condition since then. He was transferred from a hospital in Ramallah to Muqassed Hospital in Jerusalem where his family is unable to visit…
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Shop flattening scheduled by illegal expansion
Eight shops next to the Israeli Chemical factory built on land stolen from Tul Karem municipality are scheduled to be destroyed in fourteen days. Built in 1996, and owned by Ali Qasim, the shops have been closed since September 2000 due to IDF operations including gunfire, rendering the village unsafe. Seventeen propriotors received notices on…
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Emmatin protests agianst ‘Ariel finger’
Thursday, July 14th at 8am, the people in Emmatin along with neighbouring villages, will hold a direct action against tree demolition and the Annexation Wall. Meeting at the Municipality, they will be joined by Israeli and International activists. This meeting follows a passive demonstration held last thursday in which eight people were injured. Last week,…
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Abdallah’s account of his Shabak interrogation
A group of Israeli soldiers came into my compound at three o’clock in the morning, surrounded my house, and then started kicking the gate that leads into my yard. My family woke up but we did not answer the door at this point. The soldiers proceeded through the gate into my yard and began knocking…
