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Settlers building illegal road on Palestinian land in Hebron
19th June 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil Team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine Israeli settlers in the Wadi al-Hussein valley neighborhood of occupied Khalil (Hebron) have begun building a new road on land owned by a Palestinian family. The road will be around four meters wide and lead to the illegal settlement of Kiryat Arba…
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Six homes in Sarra threatened with demolition orders
19th June 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Sarra, Occupied Palestine On Monday 10th June Israeli occupation forces in jeeps visited six homes in Sarra and left demolition orders that affect the lives of around fifty people all with young children. The homes have been declared ‘illegal’ under Israeli planning law, claiming that they…
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Setting a dangerous precedent: 16-year-old Ali Shamlawi faces 25 counts of attempted murder for alleged stone throwing
18th June 2013 | Mondoweiss, Katherine Flynn| Hares, Occupied Palestine Three months ago today, in the early hours of March, 17 2013, Israeli soldiers appeared at 16-year- old Ali Shamlawi’s house in the West Bank village of Hares. They blindfolded him, handcuffed him and took him away. His arrest was one of a spate of…
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The latest episode of endless settler violence in Qusra
15th June 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Qusra, Occupied Palestine The night of Saturday, 15 June, Israeli settlers continued a tradition of violence and harassment against the Palestinian village of Qusra. Late at night, settlers from Esh Kodesh, the nearby settlement, trespassed upon Palestinian private property, damaged five olive trees, destroyed part of…
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Video: Ten-year-old boy arrested in Hebron
17th June 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil Team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine Around 8:30pm on June 16th, a ten-year-old local Palestinian named Amed was arrested by Israeli soldiers in the market of the old city of Hebron. He was held for around an hour in the military base on Shuhada Street and interrogated. He…
