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Ni’lin defies Israeli military curfew to protest construction of apartheid wall on village lands
Villagers from Ni’lin defied an Israeli military curfew today to converge on the site where the apartheid Wall is being constructed on village lands. Some 200 villagers – men, women and children – together with international and Israeli solidarity activists, peacefully marched to the site where two bulldozers are clearing prime farmland and tearing up olive trees to make way for construction of the Wall. Predictably, the non-violent protesters were met with heavy violence by the…
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Maan: Israeli forces storm Ni’lin, detain dozens of young men
Published by Maan News Agency on 28th May 2008. To view original article click here Israeli forces raided the village of Ni’lin, west of Ramallah, on Thursday morning, storming houses and detaining dozens of young men. The mayor of Ni’lin, Aiman Nafe’, accused the Israeli forces of trying to prevent a sit-in protest planned for Thursday by Ni’lin farmers and their families on the village lands that will be confiscated by the separation wall. Media spokesman…
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Break The Siege On Gaza! Action postponed until 27th June
Put Your Body Where Your Heart Is – Break The Siege On Gaza! There is still time to get involved! People of conscience from around the world are gathering in Egypt now. The demonstration has been changed to June 27th to accommodate people continually arriving. People will attempt to enter Gaza in an act to break the murderous siege and to stand in solidarity with those inside. The siege, brutally imposed by the Israeli government in…
