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Palestine mourns another real legend, a symbol of motherhood
by Shahd Abusalama 11 December 2011 | Palestine from My Eyes My voice is muted but every feature of my face speaks sorrow and anger. There is no need to wonder why. It’s Palestine, the rich land where smiles can turn to tears and laughs can turn to sighs in a second. It’s Palestine, where…
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I was Mustafa Tamimi
by Refaat Alareer 12 December 2011 | In Gaza, My Gaza! Fifteen years ago I was Mustafa Tamimi. Two months before that it was a relative who had his skull smashed by an explosive bullet from an Israeli sniper. Later that same week another neighbor lost his eye. Before and since then, the same situation…
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Burin: Youth football surrounded by monuments to Israeli occupation
by Ben Lorber 12 December 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On the 7th of December, a windy Wednesday morning behind the boys’ school in the Palestinian village of Burin, 15 teenagers, dressed in red uniform, took to the football field under the coach’s whistle. As the team began its warm-up exercises, another youth…
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Qalandia: White sky of tear gas looms over apartheid wall construction
by Rana H. 9 December 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Peaceful protesters came face to face with Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) in Qalandia on Friday before soldiers began to fire tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets at the civilian group including children, women, and elders. Qalandia village is protesting the construction of the…
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Sheikh Jarrah: Al Kurd family faces 30 day deadline
by Samar and Meriem 11 December 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank ISM has been following the situation of the Al Kurd family from Sheikh Jarrah since 2009 and has kept a presence in the garden of their home. The Al Kurd family is of five other families targeted by these evications. The Fawziya Al…
