Tag: Arrests
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How Israel takes its revenge on boys who throw stones
26 August 2011 | The Independent, Catrina Stewart The boy, small and frail, is struggling to stay awake. His head lolls to the side, at one point slumping on to his chest. “Lift up your head! Lift it up!” shouts one of his interrogators, slapping him. But the boy by now is past caring, for…
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Raids continue in Hebron, 2 arrested
27 August 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Like every Saturday, today a guided Zionist tour passed through the divided old city in Hebron, also referred to as Al Khalil by Palestinians. The tour was escorted by 20 Israeli soldiers and led to a couple of Palestinian arrests without clear justification. Around 4pm the…
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Snapshots of Al-Qawasmi home, ripped apart by Israeli military
22 August 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Hussein Al-Qawasmi was arrested 10 days ago. Yesterday Qawasmi was escorted back to his home by Israeli soldiers, who claimed there were explosives as well as a memory stick and other forms of information. The family home was ransacked and a section of it was destroyed.…