Tag: Tulkarem
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“I live today, but I am afraid of tomorrow”
Jody McIntyre and Sema Onbus | The Electronic Intifada 29 December 2009 The following is former Palestinian political prisoner Sema Onbus’s story as told to The Electronic Intifada contributor Jody McIntyre: My name is Sema Onbus. I am 37 years old, from Tulkarem refugee camp. My story starts when my brother was killed, on 6…
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IDF uses ‘two-two bullets’ in Ni’ilin clash
The Jerusalem Post 15 November 2009 IDF troops used ammunition equivalent to live bullets against protesters at Ni’ilin on Friday, where a weekly protest by Palestinians and left-wing activists from Israel and abroad is held against the West Bank security barrier. The military ordinarily only uses protest-dispersal means such as tear gas and a recently…
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10-year-old Palestinian boy jailed for 11 hours
Ali Waked | YNet News 15 November 2009 Hussam Faisal Muhana, 10, heeded the calls made on Saturday over the loudspeakers throughout his village of Deir al-Ghusun near Tulkarem encouraging residents to participate in a demonstration against the separation fence. Together with other children and youth from the village, he went to the demonstration. The…