Tag: Jenin
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Palestinian youth killed by Israeli military explosive
26 February 2009 On February 26th, one youth was killed and two seriously injured when a landmine, leftover from Israeli military training in the area, exploded near the town of Tubas in the northern West Bank. The landmine exploded around 3pm, as the three boys were walking home from school in the fields east of…
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Israeli forces extra-judicially execute man in Jenin area
A 21 year old man, Ala Ad-Din Abu Ar-Roub, from Qabatiya village near Jenin was killed early Thursday morning after his home was surrounded and entered by a large number of Israeli forces. According to family members, Ala was working on his computer in his room at 4:30am when the soldiers attacked the house, blowing…
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JPost: State to compensate wounded activist
By Dan Izenberg To view original article, published by The Jerusalem Post on the 19th November, click here The state will pay human rights activist Brian Avery NIS 600,000 in damages in an out-of-court settlement reached Wednesday with his Israeli lawyer, Shlomo Lecker. Avery, a member of the pro-Palestinian International Solidarity Movement (ISM), was shot…
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Resident of Ni’lin shot twice by rubber-coated steel bullets during demonstration in Ni’lin
Friday, October 17, 2008 On Friday 17th October, the village of Ni’lin held a peaceful prayer on their land followed by a demonstration over property that has been annexed by the Israeli government to build the Apartheid Wall. At 11.30, Ni’lin residents held a prayer for the return of their land. Immediately after, around 150…
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Interview: Boycotting Israel at the Arab American University in Jenin
Aaron Lakoff is an independent journalist from Montreal, Canada. He is currently volunteering with the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, in Beit Sahour, Palestine. He previous reports can be found on his blog Ashraf is from Tulkarem, Palestine. He graduated from the Arab American University in Jenin (www.aauj.edu) in the summer of 2007 with…