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VIDEO: Israel Border Police detain 6-year-old child in Hebron
23rd April 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil Team| Hebron, Occupied Palestine At approximately 7 am this morning, Rami Rajabi, a six-year-old child, was 20 meters away from checkpoint 29 when he threw several pebbles in al-Khalil (Hebron). As Rami walked away towards his school, three Israeli soldiers burst out of an alleyway, grabbed his arm, and detained him…
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An overview into the lives of Palestinian prisoners and their families
23rd April 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Occupied Palestine The 17th of April was declared a day of commemoration and remembrance of Palestinian political prisoners in 1974. According to updated statistics from Addameer (Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association), there are currently over 5,200 Palestinian political prisoners, 28 of which are under 16 years old. These…
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Israeli forces shoot tear gas into houses in Awarta village
20th April 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team| Awarta, Occupied Palestine On the 20th of April, five Israeli jeeps entered the village of Awarta. The Israeli forces broke into four houses and shot several tear gas and stun grenades inside the houses, leaving several families with no other alternative than to sleep elsewhere until…
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Khan-al-Luban: Israeli army attack
20th April 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team| Khan al-Luban, Occupied Palestine On Monday 21 April 2014 two International Women’s Peace Service [IWPS] volunteers were playing uno [a card game] outside with two children of the Abu Jamal family in Khan al-Luban, close to the Nablus-Ramallah road. Their elder brother Jimmy was plastering the bathroom and their…
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British war cemetery not immune to Gaza siege
21st April 2014 | The Electronic Intifada, Joe Catron | Gaza City, Occupied Palestine On a recent, sunny afternoon, Kath Henwood, a Yorkshire paramedic volunteering in the Gaza Strip, walked through rows of headstones at the Gaza War Cemetery with a camera and notebook. “My regular crewmate at work, in his spare time, researches World War…
