• Demonstration in Budrus following the fatal shooting of 16 year-old boy

    17 January 2013 | PSCC and International Solidarity Movement, West Bank, Occupied Palestine A demonstration will be held on Friday 18th January in Budrus to commemorate Sameer Awwad (16) who was shot on Tuesday 15th January with 3 live bullets. Awwad is the fourth to be killed near the Barrier in five days. On Tuesday morning, while children were clearing out of their classes in the village of Budrus, Israeli soldiers who convened by the Barrier…

  • Meeting Samer Al Issawi in the holding room

    16 January 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank, Occupied Palestine By Neta Golan After spending the night in the Russian compound detention center, known as Al Moskobia, I was taken to the holding cell in the court to await trail. Looking through the bars of the holding cell next to mine I was shocked to recognize Samer Al Issawi. I asked the young man standing near the barred door to tell Samer that I know…

  • Israeli military attacks funeral in Beit Ummar

    by Team Khalil 16 January 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Beit Ummar, Occupied Palestine At around 2:30 pm the Israeli occupation forces violently attacked a funeral in Beit Ummar using tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets. The funeral of Masouza Alja’ar, an elderly woman who died of natural causes, was attacked by the Israeli army with large amounts of tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets. For over three hours the town was rocked by the unprovoked…

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