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Israel bars children over eight from visiting fathers in prison
15th June 2013 | The Electronic Intifada, Joe Catron | Gaza City, Occupied Palestine On 20 May, Obeida Shamali visited his father, Ahmad Abd Alraheem Shamali, in Israel’s Nafha prison. It was the first time they had seen each other since Israeli forces captured Ahmad in August 2008. “I was very happy,” the seven-year-old said. He was…
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Settler harassment in Tel Rumeida
15th June 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Saeeda | Hebron, Occupied Palestine I am an ISM activist living in the occupied city of Hebron. I arrived home late in the evening of Friday, June 14, and outside my door some of the neighborhood kids had built a small fire and were cooking corn. They tried…
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Ni’lin: Words versus the occupation
14th June 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil Team | Nil’in, Occupied Palestine On Friday, 14 June, around fifteen residents of Nil’in marched toward Israel’s apartheid wall in the latest of it’s regular protests against the systematic confiscation of their land via the wall and five surrounding Israeli colonies. The wall itself is covered in…
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Video: Farming in Beit Hanoun, Gaza Strip
14th June 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Gal·la | Gaza, Occupied Palestine Saber Al-Zaneen, coordinator of farmers in Beit Hanoun (north Gaza Strip), explains how difficult it is for farmers to work in that area, the disproportional violence they have to face daily and the danger they are exposed to with no reason.
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Residents of Beit Hanina stand against eviction
14th June 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, RamallahTeam | Beit Hanina, Occupied Palestine On Monday, June 10, a group of fifty-three Palestinians living in the Beit Hanina neighborhood of East Jerusalem received eviction orders from the Israeli authorities. These families have been living in Beit Hanina for over 40 years and for nearly the past…
