Tag: Rubber-coated steel bullets
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Violence at Kufr Qaddum demonstration
A hundred or more Kufr Qaddum villagers, accompanied by international and Israeli solidarity activists, participated in a regular protest after the prayer this Friday. Several hours before the demo started, the village youth blockaded part of the main village road and monitored the movement of the Israeli army, who frequently positions themselves, amongst the village houses…
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Journal: Clashes in Hebron
9th August 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Vern | Hebron, Occupied Palestine As ISM volunteers were heading back from al-Masara village yesterday, we were dropped at off at Bab Al-Zawiye, the city center of Hebron. We observed a clash between Palestinian youths and the Israeli army. Youths were throwing rocks and were gunned down with rubber coated steel…
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Palestinians protest in solidarity with Gaza
3rd August 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Vern | Bethlehem, Occupied Palestine On Friday August 1st, Palestinians in Bethlehem demonstrated against Israel’s massacre Gaza. Between 3,000-5,000 people protested, men, women, and children. The demonstrators marched to the checkpoint, where they faced an Israeli guard tower. People were chanting and singing, and no one was throwing any…
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Palestinians block settler road in solidarity with Gaza
2nd August 2014 | International Solidarity Movement | Al-Khader, Occupied Palestine On the 30th July, approximately 40 Palestinian and international activists marched from al-Khader gate on the outskirts of Bethlehem and blocked Road 60, which connects all the illegal settlements in the area to Jerusalem, in protest over Israel’s attack on the people of Gaza. The group peacefully marched up the road leading…
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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…
