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Demonstration in Ya’bad is violently repressed by Israeli forces
21st November 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Ya’bad, Occupied Palestine Yesterday in the village of Ya’bad, a peaceful protest was violently repressed by Israeli forces through the use of tear gas canisters, stun grenades and rubber-coated steel bullets. Demonstrators were directly targeted by Israeli soldiers, five Palestinians were injured and two were arrested. Yesterday morning at approximately 10:00, six international activists from several solidarity organisations joined around 100 inhabitants of Ya’bad village in…
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Israeli forces capture two Palestinian fishermen and seize their boat off Gaza
21st November 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Rosa Schiano | Gaza, Occupied Palestine On Sunday, 17th November 2013, two Palestinian fishermen were captured by Israeli naval forces, who also confiscated their boat, in Gaza waters. Ammar Asad al-Sultan, age 19, and Mohsen Zayed, age 25, were on a small fishing boat, or hasaka, without an engine, about one mile off the coast of Soudanya in the northern Gaza Strip. Israeli forces released them about 3:00 am the…
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Gazan farmers and fisherfolk call for food sovereignty and an end to Israeli attacks
20th November 2013 | Corporate Watch, Tom Anderson and Therezia Cooper | Gaza, Occupied Palestine On 20th November 2013, hundreds of farmers and fisherfolk gathered outside the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East (UNSCO) in Gaza City to demand that the international community take action to prevent the Israeli military’s attacks against them and to end the occupation. One fisherman told Corporate Watch, “We are only looking for our daily food and a livelihood. We want…
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