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Shufa village threatened as Israeli forces begin to excavate Palestinian land
4th January 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, Tulkarm Team | Shufa village, occupied Palestine On the 22nd of December, Israeli forces started excavating land belonging to the Palestinian village of Shufa. Residents fear the possibility of settlement expansion will threaten the future of their village. Shufa village is very close to Avne Hefez, an illegal Israeli settlement that was established in 1987, which originally comprised 44 dunums of land. The settlement has continued expanding ever…
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63-year-old widow lives in an isolated home facing a checkpoint
January 4th 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Tulkarem Team | Jubara, occupied Palestine In the outskirts of the village of Jubara, bordering the Jubara checkpoint, sits the home of 63-year-old, Shawqiye Hamaide, Umm Yousef. Mother of two daughters and grandmother of 6 children, Umm Youssef is originally from the village of Beit Lid, but moved into this house 35 years ago when she married her husband, who was born here. Today, after her husband passed away…
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Palestinian families deeply concerned about the safety of their children
The three boys – Awne Abu Shamsiyye (16 years of age), Moataz Irfaiie (17 years of age) and Nizzar Salhab (16 years of age)- who were shot on their way home on the evening of the 1st of December have since then been harassed by Israeli forces and their families have been left in the dark about what kind of unlawful punishment will await their children. Nizzar was shot in the upper thigh, lower torso and…
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