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Three protesters injured at Bil’in weekly demonstration
Friday, September 26, 2008 On the 26th September 2008 after the Friday prayer, the residents of Bil’in, joined by international and Israeli solidarity activists, held a demonstration against the apartheid wall and the confiscation of their land. The protesters carried banners for the 8th anniversary of the Al-Aqsa intifada. They called for a third Intifada to remove the wall, stop settlement construction, remove checkpoints, open roads and stop the confiscation of Palestinian land. They also called…
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Israeli army refuse to allow Susiya residents access to their water supply
On Wednesday the 24th of September the Israeli Army refused to let families from Susiya bringing water from their wells to their land despite an agreement that the soldiers would escort families to their wells due to the escalation of settler violence in the area. This move by the soldiers has now left the residents of Susiya without sufficient water. The Israeli army suggested another well which belongs to the Alhreni family. The surrounding land of…
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Letter of Palestinian Refugee Organizations to President Mahmoud Abbas
The following letter was presented to President Mahmoud Abbas’s office on behalf of 78 Palestinian organizations on Wednesday September 22, 2008 Dear Mr. President, Greetings of Return We, the undersigned Palestinian refugee organizations, civil society movements and institutions in the Palestinian homeland and in exile are national organizations working to defend the right of return. We appeal to you now because we are convinced that the alignment of the official Palestinian position and the position of…
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