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Excessive use of force and collective punishment at demonstrations in remembrance of Palestinian political prisoners
17th April 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Kafr Qaddum, Nabi Saleh & Ofer, occupied Palestine On 15th April, weekly demonstrations against the Israeli occupation were held throughout the occupied West Bank commemorating ‘Prisoner’s Day’. Kafr Qaddum village has been separated from their main access road to the Palestinian city of Nablus for 13 years. They hold weekly demonstrations against the closure of this road, which was initially closed in order to allow free movement for…
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Bi’lin Protest on the anniversary of the death of Bassam Abu Rahma
17th April 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Bi’lin, occupied Palestine This Friday 15th April, the village of Bi’lin held their long-running protest against the illegal Israeli occupation and Apartheid wall. However, the protest on this day was tinged with further sadness, falling as it did on the seven-year anniversary of the death of Bassem Abu Rahma, who was hit directly in the chest by a long-range tear gas canister in April, 2009. Abu…
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Non-violent protest in Ni’lin again met with collective punishment against whole village
12th April 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Ni’lin, occupied Palestine On Friday, the 8th of April 2016, the villagers of Ni’lin nonviolently demonstrated against Israeli apartheid politics, the theft of the villagers land through the building of the apartheid wall and illegal settlements, and the increasing collective punishment of the village of Ni’lin by Israeli forces’ use of excessive force. Israeli forces, yet again, were gathering near the apartheid wall that is stealing…
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