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Peace campaigners tear down Roadblock in Palestine
[Hares, West Bank] American citizen, Sofia Ahmed, 26, from Chicago, Illinois, was arrested by Israeli police today as a group of 60 American and British human rights campaigners worked to remove two roadblocks near the West Bank city of Nablus. The foreign civilians were protesting Israels policy of restricting the movement of Palestinians in the…
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International Activists Investigate Salfit
International activists toured the region of Salfit, meeting local families and activists. They discussed problems of the area. The activists will remain in the region until December 23. Tomorrow, Thursday December 20th, dozens of American and British civilians will help Palestinian villagers remove an Israeli roadblock in the northern village of Hares. For more information,…
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Campaign to End the Occupation
Join the struggle for freedom From December 15, 2001 through January 1, 2002, the International Solidarity Movement will be welcoming dozens of international civilians who will be coming to the Occupied Palestinian Territories to show their solidarity with the Palestinian people in their struggle for freedom and an end to Israeli military occupation. Protesting the…
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My Arrest and Detention by Israeli Police
by Andrew Clarno, U of Michigan Sociology Grad Student On Saturday, August 11, 2001, at about 2:30 pm, Israeli police arrested me while I was standing on the sidewalk at the edge of the American Colony Hotel parking lot. I had arrived at the American Colony Hotel at around 2:15 pm along with twenty to…
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Human Shield in Beit Jalla
The International Solidarity Movement is staging a week long campaign in Beit Jalla to stop indescriminate shelling of family households. On Monday the 24th, a group of Internationals organized by the International Solidarity Movement have placed themselves within the line of fire between settler and Israeli forces and the residents of Beit Jalla. Beit Jalla…