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Palestinian Activists Shut Down Apartheid Road
By Jacob Singh and Leila James 16 October 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank A group of Palestinians shut down an Israeli-only highway to Tel Aviv today in the West Bank. International activists supported the Palestinians at today’s peaceable action, which blocked Route 443 for approximately thirty minutes. Fifty Palestinian and roughly ten international activists blocked the highway near Beit Ur, west of Ramallah during the demonstration, which was organized by the Popular Struggle Coordination…
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Arson Attack on Olive Trees in Qaryut
14 October 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Latif Ali with one of her trees that were destroyed. Last night in the West Bank village of Qaryut, 12 Palestinian owned olive trees were irreparably destroyed in a late night arson attack by Israelis from the illegal West Bank settlement of Eli. The attack follows an incident last week, on the night of October 8th, in which settlers cut the branches from 130 trees with chainsaws.…
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Kufr Qaddoum – Trend of Arrests Continue
14 October 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Three people – one Palestinian man, another man from Jordan and one Israeli activist were arrested on Friday 12th October in the village of Kufr Qaddoum. Ahmad Badiya Amer, 21, from Jordan, was visiting his cousin, 28 year old Ahmad Abed Fatah Amer, who lives in Kufr Qaddoum. They were reportedly kidnapped from their home, during the regular Friday demonstration which they had not attended. The Israeli…


