Tag: Yassir Arafat
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Several injuries during Bi’lin weekly demonstration
16th October 2013 | Friends of Freedom and Justice | Bil’in, Occupied Palestine Yesterday during the weekly Bi’lin demonstration, an Egyptian photographer was injured after being shot by a tear gas canister in his back, Ismaeil Mohamed Abu Rahma (17-years-old) was shot by three rubber bullets in his back and Mohamed Hamed (21-years-old) suffered from tear gas…
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Updated with video: Apartheid wall smashed on anniversary of independence declaration
15th November 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah Team | Bir Nabala and Rafat, Occupied Palestine This morning, November 15, 2013, 25 years after Yasser Arafat declared independence of the Palestinian state, a group of Palestinian activists undertook a direct action against the annexation wall and fence, supported by both Israeli and international activists. At approximately…
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Israeli army assaults Arafat memorial march
12th November 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Kafr Qaddum, Occupied Palestine The residents of Kafr Qaddum held their annual anniversary demonstration marking Yasser Arafat’s death, despite strong repression from the Israeli army. At approximately 2:30 pm, Palestinian demonstrators and international activists assembled in front of the illegal settlement of Qedumim. After about 30 minutes, the…
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Photos: Gaza’s weekly rally in solidarity with the Palestinian prisoners
11th November 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Rosa Schiano | Gaza, Occupied Palestine On Monday morning, many relatives of Palestinian detainees, political representatives and solidarity activists attended the weekly rally at the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza City. In the first part of the sit-in, families of Fateh prisoners commemorated the ninth…
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Arafat marches in Bil’in
1. Continuing arrests and IDF harassment in Bil’in: 1 beating, arrest of the Bear 2. Tel Rumeida settlement expands during olive harvest while Knesset tour area 3. Bil’in on anniversary of Arafat’s death: link to World peace struggles 4. Bil’in demonstrators: 14-year-old hit in the head by rubber bullet (Haaretz story) 5. IDF Gives Settler…
