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Live sniper-fire injures protester in Nabi Saleh
23 December 2011 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee Two weeks after the killing of Mustafa Tamimi during a demonstration in the village, an Israeli sniper shot a protester with live 0.22″ caliber ammunition, banned for crowd control purposes. Earlier today, an Israeli military sniper opened fire at demonstrators in the village of Nabi Saleh, injuring one in the thigh. The wounded protester was evacuated by a Red Crescent ambulance to the Salfit hospital. The incident takes…
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Farming with a grain of salt
22 December 2011 | Palestinian Center for Human Rights Farming on land that has become almost impossible to farm is now daily reality for 62 year old Naeem El Laham, also known as Abu Mohammed. Together with his wife, 6 sons, 5 daughters and grandchildren he lives on his farm west of Khan Yunis. “Our farming land stretches out over 2 dunums. My sons help me with the work on the land, just like I helped…
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Demonstration in the no go zone, Beit Hanoun
by Nathan Stuckey 20 December 2011 Every Tuesday there is a demonstration against the occupation and the Israeli imposed no go zone that surrounds Gaza, stealing much of Gaza’s best farmland. Today, it was unseasonably warm, it felt almost like summer. We started our march from in front of the destroyed buildings Beit Hanoun Agricultural College. Music played over a megaphone as we marched down the road into the no go zone. As we got closer…
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