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Action alert: Open Rafah now
18th August 2014 | Open the Rafah crossing permanently and unconditionally | Occupied Palestine In response to calls from human rights defenders in Gaza who ask that we bring an end to the Egyptian government’s complicity in Israel’s genocide of the people of Gaza an urgent call to action was issued. The call was endorsed by renown anti-apartheid and…
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Resistance and tear gas
21st August 2014 | Saeeda Al-Rashid | Occupied Palestine It’s late May [2013], and the air is stifling. Heat sizzles from the pavement, and Khalili youth, though well-adapted to these conditions, can be seen wiping sweat from their brows as they trek home from school. A few trickle through Checkpoint 56 into the Tel Rumeida neighborhood, formally designated Israeli-controlled territory…
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Palestinians and ISM’ers clean up after demolition of Palestinian home
20th August 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil team | al-Walja, Occupied Palestine At 10am on the 18th of August in al-Walja, north of Bethlehem, the Israeli army demolished the residence of a Palestinian man. The man was alone on his land when the solders arrived with a bulldozer. The soldiers stated that they had a court…
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Three homes destroyed in Hebron
19th August 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine Yesterday, the Israeli army demolished the homes of three Palestinian families in al-Khalil (Hebron). At around 11pm on August 17th, a large Israeli military presence began to accumulate in the area of Daersat Alser where the homes of Abu Eisha and Marwan…
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Consequences of destruction
17th August 2014 | Charlie Andreasson | Gaza, Occupied Palestine The military assaults on the Palestinians have been going on for over a month, and even if the war should end while I’m writing, the exhausting consequences of it will continue for some time. Concern for your own life, for your family members and friends, and…
