Tag: Demonstration
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Support for political prisoner, Mohamad AlQueeq, after more than 70 days of hunger strike
4th Feburary 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza Team | Gaza, occupied Palestine Yesterday there were several events in Gaza supporting the Palestinian political prisoner Mohamed AlQeeq, who is actually in the 72nd day of hunger strike and has lost his sight and hearing. Moataz Dalul, spokesman for the prisoners, stressed that “Mohamed AlQeeq is…
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9-year-old girl shot with live ammunition during Friday demonstrations in Kafr Qaddum
24th January 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, Tulkarm team | Kafr Qaddum, occupied Palestine On the 22nd of January, when villagers of Kafr Qaddum carried out their weekly demonstration against the surrounding settlement of Kedumim, Israeli forces attacked them with the use of tear gas and live ammunition. Two men got shot in their legs…
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Israeli forces rebuild roadblock in Kafr Qaddum
16th January 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, Tulkarem team | Kafr Qaddum, occupied Palestine On the 16th of January, Israeli forces shot a young protester with live ammunition while the villagers of Kafr Qaddum were protesting the theft of their land. The Israeli military also rebuilt a roadblock, restricting the movement of the villagers even further.…
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Ongoing sit-in protest at Shuhada Street checkpoint in Occupied Hebron
18th January 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil Team | al-Khalil, occupied Palestine Today marks day 12 of an ongoing sit-in protest at check point 56 at the entrance to Shuhada Street and the Israeli occupied part of the city. The peaceful protest began on 7th January when a local woman, Wafa’ Sharabati, 38, was arrested…
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Photo story: newly expanded Shuhada checkpoint is even more difficult to traverse
January 6th 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil Team | al-Khalil, occupied Palestine At the end of December Israeli forces re-opened the newly expanded Shuhada checkpoint in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron). The checkpoint had been closed since December 7th, when Israeli forces had declared they would be conducting “renovations” for a then-unknown period of time. Officially known as Checkpoint 56,…
