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Big turn out and high spirits at Wadi Fukin Land Day olive tree planting and protest
31th March 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, al Khalil Team | Wadi Fukin, Occupied Palestine On Monday March 30th about two hundred people commemorated Land Day in the village of Wadi Fukin. The protest, which involved planting olive trees was a response to Israeli theft of village land. After midday prayer around two hundred Palestinians and internationals…
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Journal: Khuza’a, the farm life
31st March | Rina Andolini | Khuza’a, Occupied Palestine This is what conversations in Gaza consist of: I asked, “When they are shooting, what’s the best thing to do?” “Get down on the ground,” he answered, “and move away quick as you can.” It was a stupid question; I knew the answer. I guess I was hoping for a response that would…
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Nabi Saleh Land Day Protest met with extreme violence and M16 live ammunition
30th March 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah team | Nabi Saleh, Occupied Palestine On the 28th of March 2015, close to 200 protesters from all over the West Bank gathered in Nabi Saleh to protest the occupation in commemoration of Land Day. The protest was met with extreme violence as the Army and Border Police fired…
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Stories from Al Arroub refugee camp
28th March 2015 | International Women’s Peace Service | Al Arroub refugee camp, Occupied Palestine Situated along the main Hebron-Jerusalem road, across the street from a University, sits the heavily fenced and concrete blockaded main entrance to Al Arroub Palestinian refugee camp. Taysir, a 39 year old former prisoner of the Israeli government and resident of the camp,…
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Ni’lin demonstrators met with senseless violence
23th March 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah Team | Ni’lin, Occupied Palestine On the 20th of March, during Ni’lin’s weekly Friday demonstration, Israeli occupation forces attacked protestors with about 20 rounds of tear gas canisters shot with the ‘venom’ tear gas launcher mounted on a military jeep (which can launch up to thirty rounds of tear gas…
