Tag: Land Day
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Land Day commemoration in Al Huda School, Khan Yunis
by Nathan Stuckey 1 April 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza Al Huda School is a small, private primary school in Khan Yunis. It serves about 400 students, a quarter of them orphans. The school isn’t in the center of town, it is more out in the countryside. You look out the windows over fields…
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Video: Dozens of wounded and shooting at Erez border in Beit Hanoun
by Rosa Schiano 30 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza Today we joined the Global March to Jerusalem from Gaza. Israeli soldiers shot continuosly, dozens of people injured, one killed. I made this small video during the march. Some young people show the blood on their hands. Some guys with two motorcycles carried continuously the injured…
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Swedish peace activist beaten up by Israeli Occupation Forces
by Jonas Weber and Jeff 1 April 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank A Swedish peace activist at the Land Day demonstration in Qalandia, outside of Ramallah, was arrested. During the arrest he was kicked and beaten by the Israeli soldiers. “It happened so fast, I never understood what was going on before I…
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Photos: “Land Day across Israel and Palestinian territories”
30 March 2012 | Denver Post Land Day, which began in 1976, marks the day Israeli forces killed six Palestinians during a protest against Israeli occupation of what Palestinians consider to be their land. Palestinians around the world will commemorate Land Day with protests and demonstrations. Read more: Photos: Land Day across Israel and Palestinian territories…
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Red Crescent medics treat 339 protesters in the West Bank
30 March 2012 | Ma’an News Agency BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Palestinian Red Crescent treated 339 protesters on Friday at protests around the West Bank to mark Land Day, a spokesman said. Muhammad Ayyad told Ma’an that five people were seriously injured and 55 hospitalized as protesters commemorated six Palestinians who were killed by Israeli…
