Tag: Demonstration
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After much injustice, Beit Dajan debuts its peaceful resistance
by Jonas Weber 9 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Several hundred villagers gathered today in Beit Dajan to the first ever demonstration against the roadblock that has been obstructing access to the village since the beginning of the second Intifada. The peaceful demonstration was met with a heavy tear gas from the Israeli military. Since 2000, the…
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Bruqin: International Women’s Day Demonstration for Hana Shalabi
by Jeff 8 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Yesterday, several hundred people traveled from around the West Bank to the village of Bruqin to mark the occasion of International Women’s Day and protest against Israel’s continued imprisonment and confinement of hunger striker Hana Shalabi. Bruqin is Shalabi’s home village, and the…
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Arrests and nonviolent actions in South Hebron Hills
26 February 2012 | Operation Dove On February 25th Palestinian men and women, elders and children, together with Israeli and international activists gathered for two demonstrations organized by the South Hebron Hills Popular Committee. The first demonstration, attended by approximately ninety people, was planned in response to twenty-nine trees being cut down during the last four months on…
