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Night raid in Far’a refugee camp
3rd September 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus team | Far’a, Occupied Palestine We arrived around one o’clock in the afternoon of September 1st to the Far’a Refugee Camp and found that we had awakened the three Mansour family households. “We didn’t have much sleep last night,” explained one sister. “The army kept us awake all night and made a horrible mess in my brothers’ flats.” On the floor below, her brother Khaled and his wife Hanan took us around…
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When the school day ends with tear gas
2nd September 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine ISM watched over two different checkpoints in al-Khalil (Hebron) on the 31st of August, Qeitun (209) and Salaymeh (29), both separating the H1 and H2 zone in this occupied city (H1 is supposedly under full Palestinian Authority control, H2 under full Israeli military control). At the Salaymeh checkpoint, three tear gas canisters were fired at children on their way home from school. One child threw…
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Violence at Kufr Qaddum demonstration
A hundred or more Kufr Qaddum villagers, accompanied by international and Israeli solidarity activists, participated in a regular protest after the prayer this Friday. Several hours before the demo started, the village youth blockaded part of the main village road and monitored the movement of the Israeli army, who frequently positions themselves, amongst the village houses and on the surrounding hills, prior to the start of the protest Their aim is to snatch the protesters. They fire…



