Tag: Checkpoint
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Israeli forces use excessive force killing 2 Palestinian civilians at military checkpoint in the West Bank
8th November 2013 | Palestinian Centre for Human Rights| Occupied Palestine Israeli forces killed 2 Palestinian civilians at Za’tara checkpoint, south of Nablus, and the Container checkpoint, northeast of Bethlehem, in the West Bank. According to investigations conducted by the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), at approximately 6pm on Thursday, 07 November 2013, Basheer…
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Settler attack fended off by vigilant residents of Azzun
29th June 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Azzun, Occupied Palestine On June 18, settlers hung up a banner in the town of Azzun, threatening to take over the town. Later that day, the town was attacked by settlers, supported by the Israeli army. Local residents successfully fended off the attack through massive…
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“Knocking on the gates of Jerusalem”: demonstration against injustice of Israeli occupation
29th June 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil team | Bethlehem, Occupied Palestine Today, Saturday 29th June, a group of Palestinian activists demanded access to the occupied city of Jerusalem through the gate in the Apartheid Wall in Bethlehem. Their nonviolent demonstration also aimed to highlight Palestinian opposition to the US Secretary of State John…
