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Beit Furik, Nablus: Family unable to attend funeral for son killed in recent Gaza air strikes
by Jonas Weber 13 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank “We called him Nassr, but I think his real name was Mahmoud,” says Ahmed while we were on the bus from the Beit Furik municipality building. Outside the bus window, the walls of the little town just outside of Nablus are plastered with freshly printed martyr posters. The picture shows a middle aged man photoshopped between the Dome of the Rock and the Palestinian…
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Mapping a pattern of Israeli violence in Burin
13 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank The pattern of settler and military invasion of Burin, a village near Nablus, is what locals and internationals are mapping to brace themselves for more property damage, violence, and threats by nearby illegal settlements and hardcore adherents to the volatile “Price Tag Campaign.” If the pattern continues, the next attack will be settlers, according to local ISM coordinator, Lydia. “Within a few days after that, Burin should…
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Official Release: “The New Black” by The Mavrix
13 March 2012 | Palestine Solidarity Alliance and PACBI In a first ever musical collaboration between South Africa and Palestine, South African band, The Mavrix, and Palestinian Oud player, Mohammed Omar, have released a music video called “The New Black”. The song is taken from The Mavrix’ upcoming album,”Pura Vida”, due for release in June 2012. Written and composed by Jeremy Karodia and Ayub Mayet, the song was a musical reaction to the horror of the Gaza…
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