Tag: Bulldozers
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Another home destroyed in Gaza
29th March 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Gaza Strip, occupied Palestine During the latest wave of aggression by Israeli forces against the Gaza Strip, Gaza resident Mohamed Shorrab, 70 years old, lost his family home. It was shot at and destroyed by Israeli tank fire and artillery shells from the gun turrets…
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British war cemetery not immune to Gaza siege
21st April 2014 | The Electronic Intifada, Joe Catron | Gaza City, Occupied Palestine On a recent, sunny afternoon, Kath Henwood, a Yorkshire paramedic volunteering in the Gaza Strip, walked through rows of headstones at the Gaza War Cemetery with a camera and notebook. “My regular crewmate at work, in his spare time, researches World War…
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Video: The olive harvest in the Gaza Strip, 2013
16th October 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Gal·la | Gaza, Occupied Palestine Palestinians in the Gaza Strip harvest olives during the month of October. Several years ago, a large amount of land was planted with olive trees. They were completely destroyed by Israeli bulldozers, and Palestinians were prevented from replanting them by the so-called “green line.” Today…
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Israel starts illegal construction, destroying field of olive trees on private Palestinian land near village of Immatin
17th August 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Immatin, Occupied Palestine Immatin is a village situated in close proximity to the annexation wall and flanked by the illegal settlements of Qedumim, Gilad and Immanu’el. Recently, three brothers from the village went to work on their land. However, when they arrived, they found that…
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Land grab in Qaryut; residents fear illegal settlement expansion
16th July 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Qaryut, Occupied Palestine On the 3rd of July 2013, settlers from the illegal colony of Shilo bulldozed land belonging to Qaryut, destroying around two hundred recently planted olive trees. Citizens of Qaryut are now concerned that new houses for the illegal settlement are being built…
