Tag: Demonstration
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Video: Protest on World Press Freedom Day: “They don’t consider Palestinian journalists to be journalists.”
3rd May 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah Team| Occupied Palestine Yesterday, Saturday 3rd of May was the United Nations World Press Freedom Day. Yesterday, journalists celebrated, remembered, and protested, on a date commemorated worldwide since 1992. In Palestine, the 3rd of May calls for a protest by members of the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS), and yesterday this…
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“A message of peace” from the village of Qaryut met with violence from the Israeli army
19th April 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team| Qaryut, Occupied Palestine The people of Qaryut began weekly demonstrations three weeks ago, due to the Israeli military’s decision to close the main road near to the village. Yesterday, the 18th April, approximately 300 from the village, of which 100 were children, decided to come to…
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Village of Qaryut without reliable access to vital road
15th April 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team| Qaryut, Occupied Palestine The village of Qaryut, located almost halfway between Nablus and Ramallah, has been waiting for the last year to have a reliable and secure connection to Road 60. This road is essential to connect the village with the city of Ramallah, where most…
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Nabi Saleh successfully end three day siege of their village with peaceful protest
15th April 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah Team | Nabi Saleh, Occupied Palestine Yesterday, The Palestinian Popular Resistance Committee of Nabi Saleh called for a demonstration at 3pm against a siege enforced on their village by Israeli forces. The demonstration was an overwhelming success with the re-opening of the checkpoint and a withdrawal of the additional forces…
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Israeli forces arrest two ISM activists and two Israeli activists at demonstration in Hebron
12th April 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil Team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine Yesterday afternoon in al-Khalil (Hebron), approximately 70 people attended a demonstration outside the Rajabi building where four protesters were arrested, two ISM activists and two Israeli activists. Many different Palestinian groups working against the occupation organized the demonstration. The protest began after…
