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Al Khalil: School children reflect on changes in Israeli military following presence of ISM volunteers
by Edna 25 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank The safe, comfortable, winsome childhood I had growing up in suburban America is a completely theoretical concept for the Palestinian children in the West Bank. I’ve realized this while volunteering as a human rights observer in Hebron. One activity that entails is sitting and…
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Two Stray Bullets in Gaza
by Johnny Bravo 24 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza On Sunday it was reported that a young boy had been shot on farmland near the Rafah crossing. The details were unclear. Several colleagues and I traveled to Rafah to find out what happened. After making several inquiries, we entered a Bedouin area several…
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Nabi Saleh: Israeli Soldiers Shoot 15 year old in the face with rubber coated steel bullet
by Jonathan Pollack 23 March 2012 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee The bullet shot from a short distance hit the boy in the face penetrating his right cheek and piercing it. Israeli Border Police officers shot a rubber-coated bullet at 15 year-old Ezz Tamimi’s face from a distance of about 20 meters, during the weekly…
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Amani al Khandaqja, defender of prisoner rights, becomes a prisoner herself
by Robin and Axel 21 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Early Monday morning, on the 20th of March, Israeli soldiers raided a Palestinian home in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, terrorized a family and arrested a young woman named Amani Al Khandaqja. The soldiers arrived at 2am, whilst the family…
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This Occupation is brought to you by Corporate America
by Paige 23 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank During a recent demonstration in Hebron (Al Khalil) demanding the opening of Shuhada street, protesters were subjected to something that could only have been thought up in the United States – a weapon which comes with its own commercial. Amid the sound of concussion grenades exploding,…
