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Right of Return still key – Nakba Day demonstrations violently suppressed by Israeli forces
15th May 2013 | International Solidarity Movement | Ramallah, Occupied Palestine By Team Ramallah The 15th May marks the 65th anniversary of the expulsion of 750,000 Palestinians from their homes and the destruction – and massacre in some cases – of more than 500 Palestinian villages by Zionist forces in 1948. 65 years on, the…
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Sawiya night attack by settlers sees property damaged and graves vandalized
15th May 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, As Sawiya, Occupied Palestine By ISM Nablus In the early hours of Monday morning, a group of Zionist settlers from the Eli and Rechalim colonies attacked the Palestinian village of As Sawiah, east of Salfit. At about 3am, As Sawiah’s residents were sleeping as settlers attacked, first targeting…
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A Steadfast Prelude to the Nakba: Duheisha resists
15th May 2013 | International Solidarity Movement | Hebron, Occupied Palestine By Team Khalil On the 14th May 2013 , a day before the Nakba, on the edge of Bethlehem, a demonstration to remember the day of the catastrophe in 1948 marched from Duheisha refugee camp to the entrance of the village of Al-Khader. Demonstrators…
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“Nothing forbidden for them, but nothing allowed for us”
14th May 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Qaryut, Occupied Palestine By Team Nablus Settlers from the illegal colony of Shilo set fire to land belonging to the nearby village of Qaryut. Around 25 families own land in this area. The land contained wheat crops and olive trees and is next to land previously stolen by…
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Five men imprisoned after night raids in Beit Furik
14th May 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Beit Furik, Occupied Palestine By Team Nablus On Tuesday 7th of May the Israeli army invaded Nablus and the nearby village of Beit Furik and arrested 9 men. The men, between the ages of 18 and 22, are all members of the PLFP. One man from Beit Furik…
