Tag: Demonstration
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Photos: Rally to save sick prisoner Ibrahim Bitar follows Gaza sit-in for detainees
20th January 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza Team | Gaza, Occupied Palestine Dozens of Palestinians joined a rally organized by the Popular Campaign to Save the Life of the Captive Patient Ibrahim Bitar outside the International Committee of the Red Cross’ Gaza office this morning. The gathering followed a weekly sit-in by families and supporters…
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One Palestinian and one international activist arrested in peaceful protest in the Jordan Valley
18th January 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Jordan Valley, Occupied Palestine A Palestinian activist and an international were arrested today whilst peacefully protesting in the Jordan Valley. The international activist is falsely charged by Israeli forces with endangering people’s lives on the road, assaulting a soldier and trying to grab his rifle. The…
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VIDEO: Protesters in Gaza’s “buffer zone” under fire from Israeli forces
17th January 2014 | Institute for Middle East Understanding | Gaza, Occupied Palestine They are young, and they are fearless. In Gaza, a growing nonviolent movement, led predominantly by youth, is challenging Israel’s ongoing occupation of Palestinian lands in the so-called “buffer zone” — a unilaterally demarcated and militarily patrolled area that, according to Harvard researcher Sara…
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Gaza welcomes freed Palestinian detainees, rallies for others in illness and isolation
15th January 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Marco Varasio | Gaza, Occupied Palestine Like every Monday morning, people gathered at International Committee of the Red Cross’ Gaza office to demonstrate in solidarity with the Palestinian prisoners in Israeli detention facilities. This week’s rally started with the chanting of slogans against the illegal detention of Palestinians…
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Palestinian shot with live ammunition during weekly Ni’lin demonstration
12th January 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah Team | Ni’lin, Occupied Palestine On Friday 10th January, a Palestinian demonstrator was injured after being shot in his leg with live ammunition by Israeli forces while attending the weekly Friday demonstration. The incident happened in Ni’lin where Israeli military shot live ammunition against approximately thirty demonstrators who…
