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A new illegal settlement is under construction
26th May 2014 |International Solidarity Movement, Nablus team | Kafr ad Dik, Occupied Palestine Early yesterday morning, at approximately 05:00, two drilling machines were at work in Daher Sobeh, at the top of a mountain in the eastern part of Kafr ad Dik, an area where there are many water springs. Together with the machines, there were…
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6 beds, ink and one story
25th May 2014 | Mariam Barghouti | Occupied Palestine Since 1967, Israel has detained around 20% of the Palestinian population and approximately 40% of Palestinian males. The majority of those arrested are transferred into Israel, where they are held and if charged will most likely serve their sentence. Although this is a clear violation of Article 76 in the…
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Photo story: Al-Fwar refugee camp shows support for the political prisoners on hunger strike
25th May 2014 |International Solidarity Movement, Khalil team | Al-Fwar, Occupied Palestine On the 24th of May, approximately 40 protesters gathered at Al-Fwar refugee camp. The protest was to support the 5,000 political prisoners of whom more than a 180, are on their 30th day of hunger strike. The protest was successful in the sense…
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Joint statement: solidarity groups call on Israel to stop administrative detention
25th May 2014 | International Women’s Peace Service, Christian Peacemakers Team, International Solidarity Movement, | Occupied Palestine In support of Palestinian ‘administrative detainees’ on open-end hunger strike Over one hundred and twenty five Palestinian prisoners (ninety of whom are administrative detainees) have entered the fifth week of an open-end hunger strike to protest Israel’s practice…
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“What Happened to your Hand?”
24th May 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Awarta, Occupied Palestine On March 22nd 2013, Mohamad Walleed Qwareeq was near the local school in the northern district of the town of Awarta, located approximately 8 kilometers southeast of Nablus. Mohamad, 22 at the time, was with a friend eating almonds, in a grassy field,…
