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Internationals in Gaza join hunger strike for Palestinian prisoner rights
11 October 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza For Immediate Release: Three foreign nationals residing in Gaza have entered their fifth day of an open-ended hunger strike and protest encampment in front of the ICRC. The internationals are available for interview. Vera Macht, Germany, stated: “The situation of Palestinian prisoners is truly heartbreaking. Parents are separated from their children, and wives from their husbands, for years, without so much as a letter or video.” [I removed…
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#TweepStrike: A call from Gaza to support Palestinian prisoners
11 October 2011 | The Electronic Intifada, Rana Baker In solidarity with Palestinian prisoners held under harsh conditions in Israel’s jails, a new twitter trend emerged today from Gaza. The trend is #TweepStrike and is an open invitation to everyone across the globe to go on a hunger strike on Wednesday Oct. 12th. A few months ago, I was on visit to one of the prisoners’ families. With moist eyes and a shaky voice the prisoner’s mother…
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Israeli military fires canisters straight at protesters in Nabi Saleh
8 October 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Israeli military forces fired tear gas canisters directly at protesters and international observers during the weekly demonstration at Nabi Saleh yesterday, 7 October. An international activist sustained a minor wound to the leg after being struck by a tear gas canister fired directly from a distance of around 15 metres by the Israeli military. Although it is permissible to fire tear gas canisters in an arc to…
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