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Photos: A hero returns to Gaza
5th November 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Charlie Andreasson | Gaza, Occupied Palestine What could be a more appropriate theme for this Monday demonstration for prisoners than those recently released by Israel? Would it have been possible to have a different one? Possible, but hardly appropriate. On the street outside the Red Cross, a temporary stage with a lectern had been erected and draped with banners. Loudspeakers were deployed on it, as if for a rock concert,…
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Protest against Israeli chemical factories in Tulkarem
5th November 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Tulkarem, Occupied Palestine On the 4th of November, associations, officials and activists protested against the chemical factories that sicken the population of Tulkarem. The construction of Israeli factories on Palestinian land near Tulkarem started in 1987. At the time locals were told these installations were a good will gesture that would provide employment. 26 years later the women’s group MIFTAH, surrounded by speakers from the Palestinian…
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Settlers steal olives in As Sawiaya
4th November 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | As Sawiaya, Occupied Palestine The villagers of As Sawiaya had gained permission to pick their olives, for just 3 days in the year the Israel army was allowing them to visit their land. These three days were overshadowed by the harassment and attacks from settlers from the illegal Israel settlement of Eli. Since these attacks happen on a regular basis, the farmers asked International activists to…
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