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Israeli court resumes trial in killing of American activist Rachel Corrie

10 hours 16 min ago
2 September 2010 | Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice Haifa, ISRAEL On Sunday, September 5th, the Haifa District Court will resume hearing testimonies in a civil lawsuit filed by...
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400 days and counting: nonviolent Bil’in activist Adeeb Abu Rahmah to remain incarcerated

19 hours 30 min ago
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2 September 2010 Ramallah, WEST BANK A military court of appeal yesterday (1st Sept. 2010) rejected a petition calling for the release of Adeeb Abu Rahmah, a leading activist...
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50 settlers attack Palestinian family following Hebron shooting; Israeli soldiers stand and watch

Wed, 09/01/2010 - 20:10
1 September 2010 | ISM Media Just after midday a large group of settlers from an illegal outpost near to where four Israeli settlers where shot and killed last night, carried out an attack on an...
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Israeli academics boycott West Bank settlements

Wed, 09/01/2010 - 02:42
31 August 2010 | BBC News More than 150 Israeli academics say they will no longer lecture or work in Jewish settlements in the West Bank. In a letter, they said they supported the recent...
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A fortnight of injustice in Sheikh Jarrah

Tue, 08/31/2010 - 16:10
31 August 2010 | ISM Media The past two weeks in Sheikh Jarrah have seen a resurgence of settler harassment and violence against the local Palestinians – beyond low intensity abuse that is the...
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Demonstrations face heightened Israeli military repression

Tue, 08/31/2010 - 12:11
31 August 2010 | ISM Media Bi’lin – Palestinian shot in the knee with a rubber-coated steel bullet On the third Friday of Ramadan the Bil’in popular committee marked the 9th anniversary...
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Israeli actors to boycott new West Bank theatre

Mon, 08/30/2010 - 13:48
29 August 2010 | The Guardian 60 actors, writers and directors argue that performing in occupied territories would legitimize illegal settlements Dozens of Israeli actors, playwrights and...
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Join the 2010 Olive Harvest Campaign

Sun, 08/29/2010 - 15:11
At a time of increasing settler violence in the West Bank, the International Solidarity Movement is issuing an urgent call for volunteers to participate in the 2010 Olive Harvest Campaign at the...
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Abdallah Abu Rahmah: Know the facts and act now for the freedom of a nonviolent freedom fighter

Fri, 08/27/2010 - 02:21
27 August 2010 The West Bank village of Bil’in has become a symbol of the wider popular resistance movement in Palestine. Abdallah Abu Rahmah, head of Bi’in’s Popular Committee, is...
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Armed settler guards attack mosque in Wadi Hilweh, shots fired at Palestinian residents

Thu, 08/26/2010 - 14:10
26 August 2010 | Wadi Hilweh Information Center Violence has swept through Wadi Hilweh again as Israeli settler security guards attempted to storm the neighborhood mosque last night, in what...
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Criminalizing peaceful protest: Act up for Abdallah Abu Rahmah

Wed, 08/25/2010 - 17:39
25 August 2010 | Popular Struggle UPDATE: Baroness Ashton condemns Bil’in leader’s conviction; Attorney: “International community must take a tough stand on human rights...
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Izbet Tabib under threat

Tue, 08/24/2010 - 20:05
24 August 2010 | ISM Media In the small village of Izbet Tabib near Qalqiliya in the north of the West Bank, 27 of the 55 houses have received eviction orders from Israeli authorities. Located...
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Bil’in’s Abdallah Abu Rahmah cleared of stone-throwing; convicted of incitement

Tue, 08/24/2010 - 17:11
24 August 2010 | Popular Struggle Protest organizer Abdallah Abu Rhamah from Bil’in was convicted of incitement and organizing illegal demonstrations today, after an eight months long...
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Demonstration against water theft in Baqa’a Valley, Hebron

Tue, 08/24/2010 - 01:10
23 August 2010 | ISM Media Today (23 August 2010) a demonstration was held in the Baqa’a Valley, east of Hebron, against the theft of water from the Palestinian population in the area. About 15...
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Adalah-NY: Norway Divests from Leviev Companies Due to Israeli Settlement Construction

Mon, 08/23/2010 - 23:28
Adalah-NY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New York, NY – In a major victory for the international movement for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel, the Norwegian government announced today...
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Criminalization of peaceful protest continues: More arrests at weekly demonstrations

Mon, 08/23/2010 - 21:19
23 August 2010 | ISM Media Bil’in The weekly demonstration in the village of Bil’in this week saw protesters draw attention to the recently published photos of the abuse of Palestinian...
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Emily Henochowicz: artist turned pro-Palestinian activist

Sun, 08/22/2010 - 14:16
21 August 2010 | The Guardian Jewish-American Emily Henochowicz recalls how she lost an eye at a protest in Israel after the storming of the Gaza aid flotilla As a student artist, Emily...
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Successful outcome in Swedish peace activist’s legal appeal against Israeli sentence banning him from Palestine

Fri, 08/20/2010 - 15:24
20 August 2010 On Thursday 12 August 2010 Swedish peace activist Marcus Regnander’s legal battle with the Police Department of Hebron ended successfully. His appeal against a sentence which banned...
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UN report: IDF barring Gazans’ access to farms, fishing zones

Fri, 08/20/2010 - 01:51
19 August 2010 | Haaretz Humanitarian affairs office: Israel restricts entry to 17% of Gaza lands, 85% of beachfront zone, enforces restrictions with live fire. Over the last ten years, the...
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Provocations continue: settler rally in Al Buwayra

Fri, 08/20/2010 - 00:40
19 August 2010 | ISM Media Al Buwayra /Al Baqa’a Valley About 4 pm on 18 August 2010, a group of international activists witnessed an large number of Israeli settlers walking in groups up...
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