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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…
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Continuing harassment of activists in Palestine
Occupied Al Khalil (Hebron), West Bank On an almost daily basis Israeli forces in Al Khalil harass and arrest local and international human rights activists as they try to do their tasks. The activists document violence towards Palestinians and act as a protective presence around children who are on their way to school. The volunteers’ feel…
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Resistance to the destruction of olive trees in Wadi Qana
Tuesday, 17th March 2015, four farmers in the Salfit valley of Wadi Qana were issued with notices that they had 48 hours to remove their olives trees or they would be removed at their own cost. Failure to execute the orders are punishable by imprisonment, or fines up to the maximum penalty of the law.…
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VIDEO: Children assaulted and 3 women arrested at Nabi Saleh demonstration
21st March 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah Team | Nabi Saleh, Occupied Palestine Israeli forces arrested three women in Nabi Saleh and injured several protesters, one with live ammunition, during the village’s weekly Friday protest on March 13. The demonstration was met with the usual military violence as Israeli forces threw stun grenades and fired live ammunition at unarmed and peaceful protesters. After…
