Tag: Apartheid Wall
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Trying to fill the hole our father has left
Jody McIntyre | Ctrl.Alt.Shift 3 December 2009 As we move into the cold months, many of you in the UK will be looking forward to Christmas. In the Palestinian village of Bi’lin, last weekend marked the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, a time to see family and friends and for people to eat together. But…
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Gate forced open in Ni’lin’s separation barrier – eight demonstrators wounded and one arrested
Popular Struggle Coordination Committee 28 November 2009 For immediate release: This morning, a group of demonstrators in the West Bank village of Ni’lin managed to surprise the Israeli army and, using bolt cutters, cut open one of the gates in the fence built on the village’s lands. Israeli soldiers arrived at the scene and fired…
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Military violence increases in Jayyous: elderly man arrested during a night invasion
27 November 2009 Israeli Occupation Forces arrested an elderly resident of Jayyous this week, a Palestinian village located in the Qalqilya region, that has maintained an active campaign against the terrorisation of its people and the annexation of its land by the illegal Apartheid Wall. Mohammad Salim, a 63 year old resident of Jayyous was…