Tag: Israeli Army
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Military repression following a settler attack in Qusra
7th January 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Qusra, Nablus District, Occupied Palestine On the 7th of January in Qusra, two farmers working on their land were threatened by settlers carrying guns. Villagers helped them to chase the invaders away before being violently repressed by the army. On Friday, at 10:30 a.m., two…
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Israeli forces raid Ein Hijleh as villagers remain steadfast
4th February 2014 | Popular Struggle Coordinating Committee | Jordan Valley, Occupied Palestine Large amounts of Israeli forces and Border Police have made several attempts to raid the reclaimed village of Ein Hijleh and in return the villagers stopped their forced advancement into the center of the village. There were many cases of teargas suffocation…
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UN presence at Kafr Qaddum demonstration leads to theatrics by Israeli forces
31st January 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Kafr Qaddum, Occupied Palestine In stark contrast to other Fridays, the weekly demonstration of Kafr Qaddum, in Qalqilya district, on 31st January, 2014, was met with a cynical display of theatrics, in which Israeli forces attempted to portray themselves as peacemakers. The presence at the…
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Crackdown on international human rights activists in Palestine: arrests, deportations, and abuse
31st January 2014 | International Solidarity Movement | Occupied Palestine With the arrest of two international human rights activists at Salem Military Court, in Jenin district, on Wednesday 29th January 2014, the total number of arrests of activists in the past month has risen to five, and the number of deportations to four. Arrested activists…
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Two international activists arrested on visit to military court
29th January 2014 | International Solidarity Movement | Occupied Palestine On Wednesday 29th January, 2014, two international human rights activists were arrested at Salem Military Court, in Jenin district. The activists, Norwegian and Canadian, were at the court to attend a hearing for Ahmad Atatreh, a 20-year-old Palestinian activist who had been arrested ten days…
