Archive for the 'Freedom Summer 2005' Category

Bil’in Mourns 1,000 Dead in Lebanon and Gaza

Friday, August 4th, 2006 | Posted in Press Releases, Bil'in Village, Freedom Summer 2005, ISM Media Alerts, Photos

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Today on Friday August 4, the people of Bil’in joined by Israeli and international supporters marched...

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Soldier joins Bil’in protest

Friday, August 12th, 2005 | Posted in Reports, Bil'in Village, Freedom Summer 2005

A wall moves through Bil’in

A woman who showed up in her military uniform along with protesters in Bil’in was quickly arrested by soldiers and transferred to IDF investigators for questioning....

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Bil’in villagers build a wall of their own to protest land annexation

Thursday, August 11th, 2005 | Posted in Press Releases, Bil'in Village, Freedom Summer 2005

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Villagers from Bil’in on Friday, along with Israeli and international peace activists and Internationals dressed in black, will participate in a demonstration against the Israel’s Annexation Wall, currently under constructed in Bil’in.

Completion of the Wall could mean death of the Palestinian...

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A snake winds through Bil’in

Saturday, August 6th, 2005 | Posted in Bil'in Village, Freedom Summer 2005

Carrying a 20-foot long mock snake with a dove baring the colors of the Palestinian flag in its mouth, about 100 Palestinian peace activists in the West Bank village of Bil’in on Friday were joined by 50 Israelis and 30 internationals...

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Abdullah Abu-Rahme released

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2005 | Posted in Reports, Bil'in Village, Freedom Summer 2005

Abdullah Abu-Rahme was released from the jail in Ofer Military Base on Monday, Aug.1, at 2.30 pm. Abdullah was arrested July 17 during a nonviolent demonstration against the wall in his home village of Bil’in.

In a previous hearing, a judge at the military base ordered that Abdullah should remain jailed until the end of court proceedings....

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CHILD, FOUR ADULTS INJURED, AUSTRIAN ACTIVIST ARRESTED

Monday, August 1st, 2005 | Posted in Press Releases, Salfit Region, Freedom Summer 2005

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A nonviolent demonstration meant to take place at the entrance to the West Bank village of Kafr Haris against the destruction of Palestinian olive groves for the construction of an Israeli-only bypass road was attacked in route by Israeli soldiers. Four adults and one child were injured by tear gas canisters that were...

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Vigil at Ofer Military Base for Peace Activist Abdullah Abu Rahme

Saturday, July 30th, 2005 | Posted in Press Releases, Bil'in Village, Freedom Summer 2005

On Sunday, July 31st, Israeli, Palestinian and international peace activists will hold a vigil at the Ofer Military Base at 3 PM to protest the imprisonment of Abdullah Abu Rahme. Abdullah, a leader of the Bil’in Popular Committee Against the Wall has been in detention at Ofer Military Base since his arrest during a non-violent demonstration...

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Palestinians Give the Israeli military a ‘Gift House’

Saturday, July 30th, 2005 | Posted in Reports, Bil'in Village, Freedom Summer 2005

They Receive Rubber Bullets and Tear Gas in Return in Bilin

by Ninna and Palle

Today’s demonstration in Bil’in sent a message to world. “Even though settlers are being removed from Gaza, many new settlements are being built in the West Bank.” The 27-foot Apartheid wall eats up more land for existing...

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Peace means the freedom of movement

Friday, July 29th, 2005 | Posted in Nablus Region, Freedom Summer 2005

The road to Asira blocked by soldeirs

July 29, 2005
by Sarita Ahooja

Eight ISM Internationals from Canada, Sweden, and Spain, along with 5 Israeli activists joined in a spirited...

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ISM MEDIA ALERT: Hebron residents protest at internal checkpoints

Wednesday, July 27th, 2005 | Posted in Press Releases, Hebron Region, Freedom Summer 2005

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Hebron residents protest at internal checkpoints

INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT — The city of Hebron is dissected by a labyrinth of checkpoints that keep people isolated not only from elsewhere in the occupied Palestine, but often from the other end of town. On Saturday at 11:30 a.m., Hebron citizens plan...

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