Tag: Qalandia Checkpoint
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Beit Hannina: House demolitions without warning
25 November 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank At 11 AM this Thursday the 24 of November, Mohammed Ka’abne and his family of Beit Hannina, were shocked by the arrival at their doorstep of an Israeli military unit accompanied by several police officers and two bulldozers. Without issuing any kind of eviction order, or…
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Israel’s “Scream” fails to silence Palestinian resistance
22 September 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On Wednesday, demonstrators at the Qalandia checkpoint were met with a new weapon referred to as the “Scream,” an obnoxious siren that sounded once demonstrators had organized near the checkpoint in spirit of a future Palestinian state. The new sound weapon was used for the first…
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Olive Revolution in pictures
29 August 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On the final Friday of Ramadan, Palestinians and supporters alike peacefully marched towards Jerusalem from four directions in a symbolic attempt to enter Jerusalem, which has been illegally annexed by Israel, preventing fasting Muslims from worshiping during the final holy days of Ramadan. Yet more than…