Tag: Closed military zone
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Army uses disproportionate force against small demonstration in Beit Ommar
02 April 2011 | International Solidarity Movement Today, small peaceful demonstrations in Beit Ommar were met with disproportionate force by the Israeli army. Just after 11 o’clock this morning, a small group of villagers and internationals marched to the entrance of the village where they were met by lines of soldiers preventing them from exiting…
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Corrie trial resumes in Haifa court with testimony of bulldozer unit commander
29 March 2010 | Rachel Corrie Foundation After a five month recess, the Haifa District Court will resume hearings Sunday, April 3, in the civil lawsuit filed by Rachel Corrie’s family against the State of Israel for her unlawful killing in Rafah, Gaza on March 16, 2003. Rachel was an American student activist and human…
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Tractors confiscated in Al Jiftlik, Jordan Valley
29 March 2011 | Lydia At approximately 7 am this morning the Israeli army entered the village of Al Jiftlik. Soldiers went door to door ordering all tractor owners to bring their farming vehicles to the closed military zone between Miswa settlement and a nearby Israeli army base, where they had set up a temporary…
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Provocations and attacks by Israeli settlers obstruct Palestinian nonviolent action in the South Hebron Hills: two Palestinians are arrested
19 March 2011 | Operation Dove At-Tuwani – Saturday morning, around 9:00 am, during a nonviolent action, the inhabitants of At-Tuwani, accompanied by several international, planted some olive trees in Palestinian-owned Humra valley. In addition, during the action some shepherds of the village decided to graze their flocks in the area. Immediately, several Israeli army…
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Settler Family Stabbed to Death; Troops Attack Northern West Bank Villages
12 March 2011 | Palestine News Network Five Israeli settlers from the same family were stabbed to death on Saturday at dawn in their homes located in the settlement of Itamar in northern West Bank. Israeli sources said that the five killed were the father, mother and three children aged 11, three and three-month old…