Tag: Nablus
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Untrammeled settler violence spreads through Nablus region
International Solidarity Movement 16 April 2010 Israeli settlers have strengthened their campaign of colonization and violence in the Nablus region of the West Bank in recent weeks. A mosque was vandalized and three cars torched in a Israeli settler attack on Huwara village on April 14. In the neighboring village of Burin, attacks on Palestinian…
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Second youth from Iraq Burin dies overnight
Popular Struggle Coordination Committee 21 March 2010 Ussayed Qaddous, 19, who struck in the head with live ammunition and critically injured passed away in the Rafidya hospital in Nablus this morning. Qaddous was shot during a military incursion to his village as the Army attempted to suppress a demonstration. Ussayed Jamal Abd elNasser Qaddous passed…
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Grassroots activist Wa’el Al-Faqeeh faces military court, still without charge
16 March 2010 Palestinian activist Wa’el Al-Faqeeh faced his third hearing in Salim military court on 11 March. His detention period was extended until 24 April when the next hearing will take place. Al-Faqeeh remains imprisoned without charge since his arrest from his Nablus home on 9 December 2009. It is expected that Al-Faqeeh will…