Tag: Settlers
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Photos: Hundreds greet freed detainees at midnight rally in northern Gaza Strip
30th October 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Charlie Andreasson | Gaza, Occupied Palestine As part of the resumption of negotiation between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, 26 Palestinian prisoners were released overnight Wednesday from Ofer prison in Israel. Five were transferred to the Gaza Strip via the Erez checkpoint in Beit Hanoun. This was the second of…
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A family in Qaryut was stopped by Israeli soldiers from harvesting their olive trees
14th October 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Qaryut, Occupied Palestine Yesterday, Sunday 13th October, Palestinian farmers and international activists were picking olives in Qaryut when it was observed that two members of settler security from the illegal settlements of Eli and Shilo were nearby. The settler security then attempted to intimidate the olive…
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Tell your MEPs to support the new guidelines on Israel’s participation in EU programs
12th October 2013 | European Coordination Committee for Palestine | Brussels, Belgium In July 2013, the European Commission announced new guidelines that aim to prevent Israeli projects in illegal Israeli settlements from receiving research grant funding and prevent Israeli companies and institutions that operate inside illegal Israeli settlements from participating in financial instruments such as loans. The…
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Settlers steal olives from 110+ trees in Abu Huwar
7th of October | International Solidarity Movement, Team Nablus | Deir Sharaf, Occupied Palestine On the 5th of October, local farmers discovered that the olives from more than one hundred trees had been stolen, and that another ten trees had been damaged or destroyed. Abu Huwar farm, belonging to Yasser Fuqaha, Sidqi Fukaha, Mustafa Fuqaha…
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Palestinian man and his 3-year-old niece assaulted by Israeli soldiers
3rd October 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil Team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine On Tuesday 2nd October local Khalil shop owner Abed Sider and his 3-year-old niece were hospitalised after being assaulted by several soldiers. On the day of his birthday at 6:30pm, Abed had his home invaded by five Israeli soldiers who had come to…
