Tag: Demonstration
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Kafr Qaddum – Blocked from life’s basics; pushed back when doing something about it
24th May 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Kafr Qaddum, Occupied Palestine Tear-gas showered down on villagers in Kafr Qaddum yesterday, nearly blinding one media worker in a direct hit and nearly suffocating a child as villagers protested the roadblock that has hindered their lives for a full decade. The villager’s own stone…
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Photo essay: Gas, frisbees and the Apartheid Wall in Ni’lin
24th May 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Team Nablus | Ni’lin, Occupied Palestine Friday demonstrations continue in the village of Ni’lin in protest against the Occupation and Apartheid Wall which runs through the village’s land. Background on the effects of the Occupation in Ni’lin is here. During this particular demonstration on the 24th May 2013,…
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Photo essay: Israeli soldiers sing “We wish your whole village would burn down” to residents of Nabi Saleh
17th May 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Team Ramallah | Nabi Saleh, Occupied Palestine Today Palestinian, international and Israeli activists marched towards a well that was stolen from the village of Nabi Saleh by the establishment of Halamish illegal settlement. As activists walked down the hill towards the well, Israeli soldiers shot tear gas at…
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Live ammunition fired at Deir Jarir demonstration against land grab and settler violence
17th May 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Team Nablus | Deir Jarir, Occupied Palestine The village of Deir Jarir today, 17th May, held its fourth consecutive weekly demonstration to protest Israeli land grab and settler violence against its villagers. The rally was violently suppressed by Israeli forces, who shot large amounts of tear gas and…
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Right of Return still key – Nakba Day demonstrations violently suppressed by Israeli forces
15th May 2013 | International Solidarity Movement | Ramallah, Occupied Palestine By Team Ramallah The 15th May marks the 65th anniversary of the expulsion of 750,000 Palestinians from their homes and the destruction – and massacre in some cases – of more than 500 Palestinian villages by Zionist forces in 1948. 65 years on, the…
