Tag: Ethnic Cleansing
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Israeli forces sit on graves: ‘securing’ Islamic cemetery with barbed wire
16th January 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Israeli forces on Sunday, 15th January 2017, have put up new barbed wire at the edge of an Islamic cemetery in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron), showing no respect for the graves. The Islamic cemetery is located alongside Shuhada Street in the heart of…
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Newborn baby – a security-threat?
14th January 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Imagine coming to a checkpoint, manned by a relentless occupying army, on your way home from hospital, holding your new baby who is less than a month old. At the checkpoint, the occupying army refuses to let you pass – insisting that you…
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Staring down the barrel of a gun
14th January 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine According to the theory of realism within the field of international relations, conflict and war is the outcome of an actual threat (a material/military threat). That is, war breaks out when one country is threatening the security of some other country by…
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Sleeping on duty – occupation soldiers in Hebron
12th January 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine On January 12th, 2017, Shuhada checkpoint in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron) stayed closed for over half an hour, while–as it appears–soldiers were sleeping. In the meantime, long queues of Palestinians trying to reach their homes formed outside the closed checkpoint. The Shuhada checkpoint…
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Free Mohamed Abu Sakha
5th December 2016 | International Solidarity Movement | Huwwara team, occupied Palestine Members of the Circus School in Palestine, representatives of the embassies of Italy, Spain and Switzerland, Amnesty International and ISM were in the Israeli Supreme Court today to witness the hearing of the appeal for the release of the Palestinian circus trainer Mohammad…
