Tag: Live Ammunition
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The spirit of Ni’lin in the face of apartheid
By Steve Plaank 2 July 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On Friday, June 29th, dozens of residents of the Palestinian village, Ni’lin demonstrated in opposition to the ongoing apartheid carried out by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF). The village of Ni’lin is located near the 1967 Green Line and has been a center…
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Gaza: farmer shot in the leg with a targeted bullet
By Rosa Schiano 21 May 2012 | il Blog di Oliva On Sunday, May 20, an Israeli soldier shot a young Palestinian farmer while on his land in Al-Quara, north east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza strip. Waheed Ali Zer, 22 years old, was shot in his left leg and remains hospitalized in…
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Urif: Israeli settlers attack village, Palestinian shot in abdomen
By Tete Tele 26 May 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On May 26, the village of Urif, south of Nablus, was attacked by Israeli settlers from the illegal Yitzhar settlement. Extensive amounts of agricultural land belonging to Urif were burned and settlers threw stones and shot live ammunition at civilians from the village.…
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Farmland exploited for Israeli military exercises
By Alex 22 May 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Monday the 21 of May is the third day in a row of Israeli military exercises in and around the small Palestinian village of Khirbet Atwayel outside Nablus. These exercises prevent the farmers from working on their lands and force the villagers to sleep…
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Settler Attack: Palestinian man shot in head in Asira al-Qibliya
By Maria Erdely 20 May 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Asira al-Qibliya, a village located south-west of Nablus, was attacked by illegal Israeli settlers yesterday. The attack lasted all afternoon leaving 7 Palestinians injured, of which 5 required hospitalization. Settlers fired live ammunition at the Palestinians, and one man was in critical condition…