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Tel Rumeida: As locals march for rights, Israel sprays funeral procession and injures journalist
by Aaron and Silvia 26 February 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank The divided city of Al Khalil (Hebron) was transformed into a war zone this Friday, as thousands of Palestinian, Israeli, and international activists attempted to peacefully reopen the segregated Shuhada Street and were violently attacked by the Israeli military. Soldiers and riot…
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Soldiers Invade Al-Boreij Refugee Camp in central Gaza
by Saeed Bannoura 25 February 2012 | International Middle East Media Center Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday evening, an area east of the Al-Boreij Refugee Camp, in central Gaza, firing dozens of rounds of live ammunition, while military choppers flew overhead firing flares. The motives of the invasion remain unknown as the soldiers just searched…
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Palestinian female detainee Hana’a Shalabi on tenth day of hunger strike
25 February 2012 | Palestine Information Center Detained young woman Hana’a Shalabi has entered her tenth day of hunger strike protesting her administrative detention despite being released late last year in the prisoners’ exchange deal between Hamas and Israel. Attallah Abulsabh, the minister of prisoners in the Haneyya government, said that Hana’a, 28, is the…
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Protester shot and killed at a demonstration at Qalandya checkpoint today, clashes continue in Jerusalem and the West Bank
25 February 2012 | Palestine News Network During a violent protest in which the IOF used live bullets, tear gas and rubber bullets, twenty five year old Talat Ramia, was shot in the shoulder and died later from his injuries. According to medics, five other protesters were injured. An Israeli army spokesman said the incident…
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Thousands march to end settlements in Hebron
24 February 2012 | Youth Against Settlements The “Youth Against Settlements” movement marked the 18 year anniversary of the Ibrahimi Mosque Massacre with a peaceful march, as part of Apartheid Week in Palestine, demonstrating through the streets of Hebron, violently broken up by Israeli forces. Eight thousand of Palestinians from across the West Bank, joined…
