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Locals protest as Israeli barrier rips through Qalandia
7 December 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Today, in the town of Qalandia, north of Ramallah, Palestinian and international solidarity activists tried to stop the illegal construction of the separation wall. The Israeli government issued a map that shows the new tracing of the wall. According to this map the wall would take more Palestinian land. After several meetings with members of the Qalandia’s community, organizers, and PA members, they decided to organize an action…
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Jordan Valley: threat of imminent demolition hangs over the village of Al Hadidiya
by Ben Lorber 7 December 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Before the 1967 Israeli occupation of the West Bank, Al Hadidiya, near the Jordan Valley villages of Tubas and Jiftlik, was inhabited by over 100 families. Today, only 14 families remain. Since 1967, the village has been demolished four times, and over 3000 dunums of land, necessary for shepherding and grazing of animals, has been stolen by the nearby settlements of Ro’I and Beqa’ot. On…
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Commemorating the anniversary of the First Intifada in the no go zone
by Nathan Stuckey 6 December 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza Twenty four years ago, on December 9, 2011 a revolution began. The revolution began in Gaza, it was the First Intifada. After twenty years of Israeli occupation Palestinian resistance exploded in full force. Boycotts, demonstrations, tax refusal, all of these were the strategies of the Intifada. Over one thousand Palestinians would be killed by Israel during the Intifada;over one hundred thousand Palestinians would go to…
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