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UPDATED: Murad Eshtewi, head of the Popular Committee of Kafr Qaddum, has been arrested
21st December 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Kafr Qaddum, Occupied Palestine Second Update 24th December: A military judge has ruled that Murad Eshtewi will be released from prison with a 7000 NIS bail. Nery Ramati, Murad’s lawyer, argued that it was unreasonable to continue to hold Murad for interrogation as he had not been interrogated since his arrest at 10am Friday morning. ******* Update 24th December: Murad Eshtewi was arrested on the 20th December and…
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Metaphor in Gaza
23rd December 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Charlie Andreasson | Gaza, Occupied Palestine You stand below a dam because you have discovered cracks where water leaks out. You try to seal them with your bare hands, but they are not enough. The pressure is too high, and the cracks too large. And you scream for help, to let people know what is happening, stop the pressure from the inside before the disaster happens. But no one…
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Gaza: “Free the Holy Land sea”
23rd December 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Rosa Schiano | Gaza, Occupied Palestine “Free the Holy Land sea” was a three-day protest by fishermen in Gaza which began on Tuesday, 17th November. The fishermen, supported by the Palestinian Center for Human Rights and al-Mezan Center for Human Rights, set up a tent at the Gaza seaport in which photographs showing Israeli violations were exhibited, along with banners in solidarity with the fishermen. In the tent were…



