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A protester hanging a Palestinian flag on the separation barrier near Budrus, July 2011 (photo: Activestills.org)

Palestinian teen killed by IDF near West Bank separation barrier

This is the fourth incident in the last week in which a Palestinian civilian was shot to death after trying to cross or coming close to an Israeli fence. Sixteen year-old Sameer Awwad from Budrus was killed Tuesday by IDF soldiers near the separation barrier at his village. Awwad, who was shot at least three…

By Noam Sheizaf January 15, 2013

Israel imprisons another protest leader from Bil’in

Adeeb Abu Rahmah, a protest leader from Bil’in, was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment by the Military Court of Appeals, for his involvement in organizing demonstrations. The decision dramatically aggravates the one-year sentence originally imposed in the first instance Judge Lieutenant Colonel Benisho of the Military Court of Appeals accepted the Military prosecution’s appeal in…

By Joseph Dana October 21, 2010

Abdallah Abu Rahmah during a demo against the Separation Wall, while Israeli soldiers try to arrest him. (photo by Oren Ziv/activestills.org)

Spanish parliament condemns conviction of Bil’in leader

The Spanish Parliament followed the footsteps of the EU and the Desmond Tutu of the Elders, and joined the rising tide of international criticism over Abu Rahmah’s conviction of incitement by an Israeli military court. The Spanish Parliament’s Intergroup for Palestine issued a statement that expressed their “deep concern that Abdallah Abu Rahmah’s potential incarceration…

By Joseph Dana September 8, 2010

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