Tag: Murder
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One Palestinian killed and over 25 injured as Israeli military invade Ramallah
22nd June 2014 | International Solidarity Movement| Ramallah, Occupied Palestine In the early hours of the morning, the Israeli military invaded the Ramallah district of the West Bank; at least 25 people were injured, mostly from the many rubber-coated steel bullets fired by the soldiers. One youth was shot with live ammunition in the head. Mahmoud Atalla…
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Collective punishment in Palestine
22nd June 2014 | International Solidarity Movement| Occupied Palestine On Thursday 12th of this month, three settler youth disappeared while hitchhiking in the Hebron area of the West Bank. No Palestinian group or organisation has taken responsibility for the disappearance. 15-year-old Mohammad Dudeen was murdered in the early hours of Friday morning (20th) after he was…
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Killing without consequence
19th June 2014 | Moira Jilani | East Jerusalem, Occupied Palestine Ziad and I met at a party at the University of Houston. Six months later Ziad proposed, saying, “I’m a Palestinian. I am only here to get an education. After graduating I’ll return home to Jerusalem. Come with me.” We married the following year and moved to…
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Palestinian murdered by Israeli forces in Huwarra
4th June 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus team | Huwwara, Occupied Palestine In the late hours of Monday evening, Israeli forces executed 30-year-old, father of two, Alaa’ Mohammed ‘Awadh, at Za’tara checkpoint, in southern Nablus. The Israeli army claimed that a Palestinian gunman was shot dead after he injured an Israeli police officer in the leg. The villagers of…
