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Human Rights Defender Abdallah Abu Rahma receives guilty verdict from military court
21st October 2014 | International Solidarity Movement | Bil’in, Occupied Palestine On October 21st, Human Rights Defender Abdallah Abu Rahma was found guilty by an Israeli military court of “disturbing a soldier”. “Demonstrating against the occupation cannot be a criminal offence. Finding Abdallah guilty only shows that the [Israeli] military force is a tool to perpetuate the occupation.” Stated Gabi Lasky, lawyer of Abdallah Abu Rahma, to the International Solidarity Movement (ISM). Abdallah spoke to the ISM about…
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Family home and five other structures demolished by Israeli military
21st October 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus team | Jordan Valley, Occupied Palestine On October 20th, the Israeli military destroyed six structures belonging to a family in the village of al Jiftlik, in the Jordan Valley. At approximately 6:00 am, Israeli soldiers destroyed the family home of Mohammed Mousa Mohammed Abohernam, as well as five other buildings, including his family’s storage unit and two buildings used to house goats. The village of al Jiftlik belongs in “Area C”…
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Palestinian man successfully harvests olives for the first time in 14 years
20th October 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil team | Tel Rumeida, Occupied Palestine Today in al-Khalil (Hebron) Hashem Azzeh, a Palestinian man living in the Tel Rumeida neighborhood was able to successfully harvest his olives, on a certain part of his land, for the first time in 14 years. Hashem and his family live in H2 (the area of Hebron under full Israeli military civil and security control), right next to the illegal settlement in the…
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