Tag: Demonstration
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Grassroots activist Wa’el Al-Faqeeh to stand trial January 19
13 January 2010 Political prisoner Wa’el Al-Faqeeh has been detained without charge by Israeli authorities for over a month, and is now facing trial in Salim military court on the 19th of January. The abduction of Al-Faqeeh from his home, along with 4 other activists in the Nablus region, marked the beginning of the recent…
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Illegal settlers and Israeli military attack Palestinian non-violent demonstration against settlement expansion
International Women’s Peace Service 8 January 2010 On January 8, villagers from the Palestinian village of An Nabi Saleh (population approx 500), located in the north of the Ramallah district, held its third demonstration in three weeks against creeping settlement expansion and land confiscation by the illegal Israeli settlement of Hallamish (also known as Neve…
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Three injuries at weekly demonstration in Bil’in
8 January 2010 Three residents were injured today in Bil’in along with dozens who suffered gas inhalation in a protest against the Wall and settlement building. The demonstration was called by the Popular Committee Against the Wall in Bil’in and was joined by residents of Bil’in, and international and Israeli activists. The protesters carried posters…
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Twenty demonstrators injured in Nabbi Saleh
Popular Struggle Coordination Committee 8 January 2010 For immediate release: As part of a recent surge in popular protest in the West Bank, about 300 demonstrators occupied and blocked the main road in near the Halamish settlement for over two hours. The demonstrators, twenty of which were injured by rubber-coated bullets, protested recent land grabs.…
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Candlelight demonstration remembers the martyrs of Nablus and Gaza
2 January 2010 A demonstration was held in the northern West Bank city of Nablus last night to mark the anniversary of the 3-week assault launched on Gaza one year ago that left over 1,400 Palestinians dead, and to mourn the assassination of 3 men by Israeli soldiers in Nablus last week. Demonstrators filled Nablus’…
