Tag: Collective punishment
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Home of Raghib Elawi demolished in Nablus, damaging surroundings severely
December 3rd, 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Huwwara team | Nablus, occupied Palestine Wednesday night, at 1 am, Israeli forces came to the neighborhood of Dahia, in Nablus, to demolish the house of the family of Raghib Elawi, who was accused of participating in the Itamar killings a month ago. Local witnesses say that around…
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Increasing collective punishment in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron)
3rd of December 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Israeli forces closed the al-Hareka neighbourhood putting up new roadblocks and completely closing off a whole neighbourhood in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron). The neighbourhood’s access to the main street has been blocked off with an iron gate for a long time already. Recently,…
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Collective Punishment for Deir Istiya village
6th January 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus team | Deir Istiya, Occupied Palestine On 29th December, Israeli military barricaded the village of Deir Istiya, Salfit with a roadblock. This type of roadblock, termed an ‘earth mound’, is a pile of rubble and earth dropped over the road to obstruct access. It prevents access from the…
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Three homes destroyed in Hebron
19th August 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine Yesterday, the Israeli army demolished the homes of three Palestinian families in al-Khalil (Hebron). At around 11pm on August 17th, a large Israeli military presence began to accumulate in the area of Daersat Alser where the homes of Abu Eisha and Marwan…
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Israel must be held accountable for its collective punishment of Palestinians
3rd July 2014 | Palestinian BDS National Committee | Ramallah, Occupied Palestine – Palestinian organisations condemn Israeli operations in West Bank and Gaza as collective punishment – Palestinians call for military embargo and boycott action Palestinian boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) activists have are urging governments and international civil society to take action to hold Israel…
