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Help bring Jalaal home
September 11, 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank What would you do if 30 men armed with sticks and guns stormed into your home beat your little brothers and began beating your mother and ripping her clothes? On August 28 this happened to sixteen year old Jalaal Daraghmah. He did his best to protect his family. He grabbed a pick used for gardening, and stood at the door of his house and told the settlers…
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Kufr Qaddoum: Five arrested in early morning raid
By Leila 10 September 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Five men were arrested in an early morning raid on the town of Kufr Qaddoum Tuesday by Israeli occupation forces. At 2:30 a.m. on Tuesday, 100 soldiers stormed the village, apprehending 5 men: Moyyad, 57, Aws, 24, Mohammad, 24, Wassin, 23, and Ahmad, 23. The men were arrested for taking part in demonstrations. According to an eyewitness named Morad, soldiers fired tear-gas bombs as the…
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Settlers destroy 18 olive trees Burin
By Alex Marley 11 September 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Eighteen Palestinian-owned olive trees were destroyed by Israeli settlers in the village of Burin, near Nablus, when the illegal settlers attacked the Palestinian land on Tuesday 4 September 2012. Burin, located in the northern West Bank, comes under frequent attack from the illegal settlements of Yitzhar and Bracha that encircle the village. Under the cover of dark, settlers from Yitzhar entered the olive grove…


