Tag: Qalqilya
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Demonstration takes place on playground near Qalqiliya, two days before it is due to be demolished
A large protest took place today in the West Bank town of Azzoun against the planned demolition of the children’s playground in the town. 450 protesters came from the local area, the village womens development association and the Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committees (PARC), who celebrated their 25 year anniversary at the demonstration. Speeches were given…
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Demonstration in Azzoun against the planned destruction of a children’s park
At 10am, February 21st, a demonstration took place at the children’s park of Azzoun. Approximately 50 children came together with their teachers, other Palestinians, internationals and Israelis to play and have fun together in what is now left of the park. About three weeks from now, on March 15th, the park is due to be…
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Once again, Azzoun is under curfew; internationals and Palestinians assaulted during warantless house invasion
February 16th Today Azzoun was again under curfew, after six hours of free movement in the town, Border Police drove in at 11 am and announced that the curfew had been reinstated. Throughout the day two Border Police jeeps roamed the town, throwing sound bombs, shooting live ammunition, and randomly beating people in the streets.…
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Ha’aretz: Intifada redux
By Gideon Levy For the original article, click here. The intifada is back. Maybe not in full force, but the sights we saw last weekend suddenly brought us back 20 years. Israel Defense Forces bulldozers blocked the main entrance to the village of Azoun. Its roads were strewn with stones; Molotov cocktails were thrown; the…
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Army siege on Azzoun village continues
*Update, February 14th* Yesterday the five day curfew of the West Bank town of Azzoun came to an end. Although the new roadblocks barring traffic to Isla and road 60 remain in place, the towns residents can now walk in the streets. The curfew was lifted at 11am on Tuesday, but was reinforced at 5pm…