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Teachers in Hebron give lessons at Checkpoint 56
12 October 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank This morning the pupils and teachers from Qutuba School protested against the treatment of teachers at checkpoint 56. When, for the second day running, the teachers were not allowed to use the checkpoint gate that they usually use, they refused to pass through. In response at 8 AM the school closed, and the pupils came out to take their lessons outside of the checkpoint. Addressing the children…
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Israeli military “superiors” interfere in Burin’s olive harvest
by Alistair George 12 October 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank The Israeli military ordered villagers to stop picking olives on their own land in Burin, near Nablus, today. The soldiers refused to give a reason for suspending the harvest. “It is nothing to do with us, we just get orders from our superiors,” they said. Villagers from Burin were picking olives on their land high up in the hills, near the illegal Israeli settlement of…
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In Photos: Palestinians unite to support prisoner hunger strike
12 October 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank and Gaza On Tuesday the 27th of September, an open-ended hunger strike was initiated until the fulfillment of 9 demands by Palestinian prisoners, which include the right to family visits, end to the use of isolation as a punishment against detainees, and profiteering of Israeli prisons from financial penalties charged against prisoners. Approximately 3000 prisoners are taking part in the strike including all the different political fractions from eight…
