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Nabi Saleh: 11 arrested in weekly demonstration
By Hakim M. 16 July 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank The weekly demonstration in Nabi Saleh faced brutal repression from the Israeli military on Friday, July 13. Beginning at 1:30 p.m., Palestinian and solidarity activists walked down the village road to find it closed off by Israeli border police and a ‘skunk’ tank,…
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Commemoration in Kufr Qaddoum: Demonstration turns 1 year
By Hakim M. 16 July 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On 12 July, the West Bank village of Kufr Qaddoum celebrated the one year anniversary of their weekly, popular demonstration. The regular protests are targeting the closure of their main road in particular, and the Israeli occupation in general. One decade ago, the…
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Kufr Qaddoum: Israel fires at peaceful protest, man injured in head
By Amina Simonsson 14 July 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On Friday, July 13, several protesters were injured when the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) fired tear-gas and rubber-coated steel bullets at the weekly peaceful demonstration in the Palestinian village of Kufr Qaddoum. One man was shot in the head by a tear-gas grenade…
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Yanoun: Settlers and soldiers attack village, injuring five
By Marshall Pinkerton 8th July 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On Saturday 7 July, 2012, the village of Yanoun, located 12km southeast of Nablus, was attacked by illegal settlers from the illegal Itamar settlement. Five Palestinians were injured in the attack and large sections of agricultural land were set ablaze. The attack began…
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Palestinian demonstrator arrested at weekly Kufr Qaddum protest
By Marshall Pinkerton 7th July 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) violently suppressed the weekly demonstration at Kafr Qaddum on Friday the 6th of July, injuring one man, and arresting another. Majid Joomaa, 40 years old, was arrested as the IOF stormed the village. Joomaa, who is a…
