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Beit Hanoun commemorates 3 years since operation ‘Cast Lead’
by Rosa Schiano 7 January 2012 | il blog di Oliva On Tuesday there was another demonstration in Beit Hanoun against the “buffer zone” imposed by the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip. The demonstrators also commemorated the over 1400 Palestinians killed during operation “Cast Lead”. The demonstration started at about 11.00 am. A drone…
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7 January 2009 – The Mattar family
7 January 2012 | Palestinian Centre for Human Rights “It would be great if someone could take me to the dessert and leave me there, that way I wouldn’t have to see people” At around 09:30 on 7 January 2009, Israeli forces targeted the al-Taqwa Mosque in the Sheikh Radwan district of Gaza City. The…
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Palestinians and international solidarity activists detained 5 hours in Hebron
by Aaron 7 January 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Friday night, Israeli soldiers at Checkpoints 56 and Gilbert in the town of Al Khalil (Hebron) detained Palestinian and International Solidarity Movement activists for a total of five hours for unexplained reasons. The detainees, a mix of activists and community members, were held for…
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ISM turns ten
7 January 2012 | International Solidarity Movement- Northern California As one of the co-founders of the International solidarity movement (ISM) I often refer to ISM as my first baby. Well, my first baby is now an independent unruly and uncontrollable ten-year-old and I am one proud Mama. But I am one of ISM’s many proud…
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Kufr Qaddoum marches forward despite threats of violence
by Alex 7 January 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank At noon on the 6th of January, 2012, a demonstration was held in the village Kufr Qaddoum, located just outside Nablus. The people gathered after the Friday-prayer and started marching along the main road that runs through the village. This road was, until the…
