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Issa Amro, coordinator of Youth Against Settlements, arrested at border on way to speaking tour
15 June 2012 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee Issa Amro, Coordinator of Youth Against Settlements, was stopped last night by Israeli authorities at the Allenby Bridge. He was arrested and taken to Hebron police station, where he was interrogated for hours on suspicion of involvement in organizing the women’s action that took place in Hebron…
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Hebron: gathering to commemorate Naksa Day
By Sunny 4 June 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On June 5, 2012, Palestinians will gather in the streets of Al Khalil (Hebron) to memorialize Naksa Day. ThisNaksa Day marks the 45th year of the illegal occupation of Palestinian land by Israel, as a result of the 1967 war, leading to the displacement…
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The war on Palestinian soccer: Free Mahmoud Sarsak
By Ramzy Baroud 4 June 2012 | Press TV: Viewpoints On June 3, Palestinian national soccer team member Mahmoud Sarsak completed 80 days of a grueling hunger-strike. He had sustained the strike despite the fact that nearly 2,000 Palestinian inmates had called off their own 28-day hunger strike weeks ago. Although the story of Palestinian…
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Between Qaryut and Jaloud: systematic ethnic cleansing
By Maria Erdely 30 May 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Derar Ammer’s family has owned the land they live on since 1936. He is in possession of the papers that state that this land and the home his ancestors built on it is rightfully his, which date back to the British mandate. Nevertheless,…