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Palestinian basic resources damaged by Israeli settlers
29th March 2014 | Operation Dove | At Tuwani, Occupied Palestine In the evening of March 26, Israeli settlers damaged some solar panels, only electricity power sources for the Palestinian village Bir Al Idd. The same day, during the early afternoon, Israeli settlers grazed their flock on Palestinian-owned wheat fields, damaging the harvest. At 2.18 pm International volunteers noticed a flock grazing on Palestinian-owned fields in Kharrouba valley, close to the south-west side of the Israeli…
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“The reason is to wipe out Palestinian culture and history”: A Gaza carpet factory under siege
28th March 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Charlie Andreasson | Gaza, Occupied Palestine Before we settle down for a glass of Turkish coffee among shelves filled with neatly stacked, woven carpets Mahmoud El Sawaf, 68 years old, shows me around the small factory. The tour goes pretty quickly. There ‘s only a mechanized loom and a manual one. The market in Gaza is too small for more. Before the siege escalated in 2007, he had a bigger factory, which employed 17…
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PHOTOS: Gaza calls for the rights of Palestinian prisoners and the freedom of Ahmad Sa’adat
27th March 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Rosa Schiano | Gaza, Occupied Palestine On Monday, at the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza City, the weekly rally in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails saw the participation of many prisoners’ families, released prisoners, and international and Palestinian activists. Each week, the rally focuses on certain topics, ranging from administrative detention to the health condition of sick prisoners, women prisoners and ill-treatment, to the prisoners on hunger strike. Many women…



