Undeterred by the rainy weather, people from al Maâsara gathered to march in their weekly protest against the apartheid wall and settlements. The people from the village were joined by Islamic Supreme Judge in Palestine, Sheikh Tayseer Tamimi, and international activists. Sheikh Tayseer Tamimi led the people in Friday prayers at the mosque of the […]
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Stop the Wall Land Day and Global BDS Day Activities
Stop the Wall Land Day and Global BDS Day Activities Date Place Event 2010\3\26 al-Maâsara (Bethlehem) Weekly protest and solidarity visit to Omar ala ad-Dinâs home, recently released from prison 2010\3\26 Qaraqa Bani Hassan (Salfit) Voluntary work 2010\3\26 until 01/04/2010 Saffa (Ramallah) Opening Event for a week long spring festival 2010\3\27 Bethlehem […]
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Nabi Saleh: One wounded by a rubber bullet in the foot
During this weekâs Friday demo, youth from the village of Nabi Saleh, Ali al-Timimi, was injured with a rubber bullet in the foot and dozens suffered from breathing problems caused by heavy teargas. The weekly march started in the village of Nabi Saleh in protest against the confiscation of 4000 acres of land owned by […]
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Bil’in to Arab League: We need actions not words
Despite heavy rains this Friday, the people of Bil’in came together after Friday prayers in popular protest against the construction of the wall and settlements. For the second week in a row they defied the military order declaring the region adjacent to the wall as a closed military zone. Demonstrators marched through the village while […]
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Awarta: Silent march to mourn the recent killings
Following the killing of two young men, Muhammad and Salah Qawariq, in Awarta, Nablus district, last Sunday, hundreds of local residents went out in a silent march to commemorate them. They flooded the streets of the village already in the morning hours. The crowd set off from the offices of the village council and marched […]
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Al-Haq: 4 Unarmed Teenagers Shot Dead by Israeli Military in Nablus District
AL-HAQ PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ref.: LRAD-E010-ALE-31/3 23rd March 2010 Al-Haq Action Alert: Four Unarmed Teenagers Shot Dead by Israeli Military in Nablus District Over a 24 hour period on 20 and 21 March 2010, Israeli occupation forces shot and killed four unarmed teenagers in the Nablus district. None were armed or posed any […]
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Omar Ala ad-Din: arrested and tortured as a warning
Omar Ala ad-Din had been arrested at the âcontainer checkpointâ on Monday March 15. He stayed seven days in custody being tortured and still he defied his torturers: âThis Friday you will see me again in the protestâ Omar was first physically assaulted when the soldiers at the checkpoint detained him and beat him with […]
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Second teenager dies from IOF bullets
A second teenager critically injured by Israeli forces near Nablus has succumbed to his wounds and died. Useid Abed An-Nasser Qadus, 19, was shot in the head by Israeli forces, that were invading Iraq Burin, a West Bank village south of Nablus, on Friday. Useid’s death follows that of his cousin, Mohammed Qadus, 16, who […]
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Four Palestinian youth killed in less that 24 hours
Nablus district has paid a high price for international recognition of role of popular resistance. Today, two 19-year old boys, Muhammad Faysal and Salah Muhammad Qawariq, were shot dead by Israeli military close to their village Awarta, south of Nablus. The two were on their way to work on their fields, presumably carrying farming tools. […]
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Bethlehem district: al Ma’sara and al Walaja defend their lands and homes
1) Al Maâsara: A tribute to international solidarity On Friday, the weekly march in the village of al Maâsara was dedicated to the remembrance of the American martyr Rachel Corrie, who was murdered in Gaza seven years ago, when an Occupation bulldozer ran over her body. Corrie and her colleagues from the International Solidarity Movement […]