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Activists continue to target the infrastructure of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank

23rd April 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Bethlehem , Occupied Palestine By Team Khalil Palestinians and International activists held a brief demonstration outside the gates of an Israeli military base near Herodium mountain, east of Bethlehem. The activists stood outside the gates with Palestinian flags and shouted to the soldiers inside that the base was built illegally on Palestinian land. The demonstration also intended to highlight the illegal Israeli settlements nearby. Soldiers threw stun grenades at…

April 23, 2013

Tel Rumeida settlers occupy Palestinian land by cutting down trees and farming the land

21st April 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Hebron, Occupied Palestine By Team Khalil Settlers from the Tel Rumeida area in Hebron gradually cut down 15 almond trees on privately owned Palestinian land over the last two weeks. The settlers also installed an irrigation system and planted seeds with the clear intention of taking over the land. The owner of the land has complained to the police and army on several occasions to no avail. “The police…

April 22, 2013

Residents of Qusra village on the road to recovery after attacks by settlers

22nd April 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Qusra, Occupied Palestine By Team Nablus Helmi Abdul Azeez Hassan was shot with live ammunition by a settler on 23rd February at short range and came very close to death. He spent nine days unconscious before he woke up in hospital only to be interrogated and accused of throwing stones. Two months later, he sits down with his family and international activists and is happy as he talks of…

April 22, 2013