Tag: Checkpoint
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Nabi Saleh successfully end three day siege of their village with peaceful protest
15th April 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah Team | Nabi Saleh, Occupied Palestine Yesterday, The Palestinian Popular Resistance Committee of Nabi Saleh called for a demonstration at 3pm against a siege enforced on their village by Israeli forces. The demonstration was an overwhelming success with the re-opening of the checkpoint and a withdrawal of the additional forces…
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Bahaa runs for Palestine
4th March 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Rosa Schiano | Gaza, Occupied Palestine In the shadow of the bleachers of Yarmouk stadium in Gaza City, still damaged by Israeli bombing, 400-meter Olympic runner Bahaa Al Farra trains. Bahaa took part in the London Olympics, along with three other Palestinian athletes, in 2012. “I started racing at the age…
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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…
