Tag: Bethlehem
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Banksy and the Walled Off Hotel: a personal view
13th March 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Over the last weeks there has been a lot of noise about Banksy (a street artist from the UK, now darling of the art world) and his new hotel in Bethlehem. Initially the vast majority of news articles seemed to glow with…
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Demonstrators demand return of martyrs bodies in Bethlehem
15th January 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Bethlehem, occupied Palestine The Prisoners Club held a demonstration and march to the illegal apartheid wall on Sunday afternoon to demand the return of the bodies of martyrs held unjustly by the colonial occupying Zionist State of Israel. The Zionist Israeli forces often take the…
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Tortured youths of Aida refugee camp
20th November 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Bethlehem, occupied Palestine On the evening of the 10th of October, a group of approximately 25 children playing outside the community center at the gate of Aida refugee camp, were suddenly, and without provocation, attacked by soldiers dressed in civilian clothing. Caught completely unawares and…
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World Week of Peace 2016
24th September 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Bethlehem, occupied Palestine Fire. That seemed to be the theme yesterday as we celebrated World Week for Peace in Bethlehem. Fire, when tear gas canisters erupted into flames in the Aida refugee camp, showing the continued violence. Fire, as we lit candles in the shape…
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Israeli violence continues as Palestinians protests against the recent killing of Srour Ahmad Abu Srour in Bethlehem.
January 17th 2016 | InternationalSolidarity Movement | Bethlehem, occupied Palestine This Friday, on the 15th of January, hundreds of Palestinians gathered on the main street of Bethlehem to protest against the recent killing of Srour Ahmad Abu Srour, who was killed by Israeli forces in nearby Beit Jala last Wednesday. Israeli forces fired tear gas, rubber-coated…
