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Women of Kafr Qaddum: Steadfastness and determination
12th August 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Kafr Qaddum, Occupied Palestine In June 2013, a photo depicting Suriah Mahmood from Kafr Qaddum won first prize in a photography compitition in Qatar. International activists met Suriah to talk to her about non violent Palestinian resistance and the village of Kafr Qaddum. The people…
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Video – Sent to prison for playing with olives
12th August 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil Team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine On Sunday, 11/08/2013, at approximately 4 o’clock in the afternoon, two activists from Youth Against Settlements (YAS) were arrested. Twenty-one-year-old Abd AlMajeed Bassam Amro, and twenty-year-old Ali Talib Amro were playfully throwing olives at each other when an Israeli soldier came up…
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Welcome to Palestine: tear gas and coffee
10th August 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Anna, Nablus Team | Kafr Qaddum, Occupied Palestine I came to Palestine last Tuesday and joined the weekly protest held on Friday the 8th of August in Kafr Qaddum. The demonstration represented non-violent resistance against the land grab and for the freedom of movement in the village. Kafr…
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Photo essay: Israeli army incursion through Apartheid Wall in Ni’lin
10th August 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah Team | Ni’lin, Occupied Palestine Yesterday at around 1pm, Palestinians together with Israeli and international activists marched through the olive groves towards the annexation wall on Ni’lin’s land. Demonstrators approached the area of the wall chanting slogans against Israel’s apartheid policies and the annexation of land for…
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Israel shifts Oslo accord borders to continue to prevent Palestinians from using their land and building homes
10th August 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Huwwara, Occupied Palestine Maher from the village of Huwwara close to Nablus, is one of many Palestinians who has been tricked into thinking that Palestinians have the power to issue building permits in areas labelled as ‘B’ under the Oslo accords. Maher owns land designated…
