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Two people were injured and dozens more suffered from tear gas inhalation at weekly demonstration in Bil’in
24th January 2014 | FFJ Media Center | Bil’in, Occupied Palestine Two people were injured and dozens of other civilians, including international solidarity supporters, suffered from tear gas inhalation during Bil’in’s weekly protest against the wall and settlements. This week, the demonstrators also marched in protest of the continued siege and starvation of the Yarmouk refugee camp in Syria. After the Friday prayers, the participants set off toward the village’s liberated land and, after reaching the…
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Weekly protest at Kafr Qaddum met with exceptional violence
24th January 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Kafr Qaddum, Occupied Palestine On Friday 24th January, 2014, the weekly demonstration in Kafr Qaddum, in the Qalqilya district, was repressed by excessive force, to a much greater extent than on most Fridays. By 11:00 a.m., clashes had already broken out between local youths and Israeli soldiers and border police on the outskirts of the village. The demonstration was not due to begin until 12:00 p.m. During the demonstration,…
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Gaza: Life beneath the drones
25th January 2014 | Corporate Watch, Tom Anderson and Therezia Cooper | Gaza, Occupied Palestine In the Gaza Strip there is no escape from Israel’s drones. Nicknameed ‘zenana’by Palestinians because of their noisy buzzing, the drones (remote control aircraft) are omnipresent. Sometimes they are there to carry out an extra judicial killing and sometimes they are there for surveillance. If you are on the ground you do not know which and you have no choice but to try…
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