INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ACTION FOR JUSTICE IN PALESTINE
Huwarra Checkpoint, Nablus

PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATORS TEARGASSED
11.30am, Thursday, June 5th 2003

The Israeli Occupation Forces threw tear gas at peaceful
demonstrators today at the Huwarra checkpoint outside Nablus. The
demonstation primarily comprised of representatives from the
medical, educational, legal, journalist, civil and human rights
organizations from Nablus along with internationals from the
International Solidarity Movement. Several local and international
peaceful demonstrators were taken away for medical treatment.

The 5th of June marks the 36th anniversary of the Israeli re-
occupation of the West Bank and Gaza in 1967. The peaceful
demonstration in Nablus was the primary demonstration in the Occupied
Palestinian Territories on a global day of action which sees
demonstrations all across the world; including London, New York,
Jerusalem, Canada & Dublin. The day of action was called to protest
the escalating violence against the Palestinian community and
international human rights workers in the Occupied Palestinian
Territories. It called for protection for Palestinian civilians and
internationals, a moratorium on construction of the apartheid wall
and it's associated land confiscations & home demolitions, and an end
to the occupation. The Huwarra checkpoint is one of the many evident
instances of the Israeli occupation of Palestine, where Palestinians
are regularly humiliated, detained and beaten. Currently there are
two young boys, aged 14 and 16, that have been detained since
Saturday, May 3, without charge or access to legal aid.

The demonstration marched 500m from the end of Jerusalem Street to
the Huwarra checkpoint where they stopped at the Nablus side of the
checkpoint. At that point, the Israeli Occupation Forces shot teargas
into the peaceful demonstation which consisted of many women and
children who were also affected by the teargas. There was no response
from the peaceful demonstrators except to retreat 30m to a safer
distance to continue their peaceful demonstration which continued for
an additional 20 minutes.

During the demonstration a press conference was held with a
representative from the Nablus municipality and a representative from
the International Solidarity Movement.


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Israeli Forces Enter University, Leave Racist Graffiti

Tulkarem

Radhika

05 Jun 03



Israeli Border Police entered Al-Quds University in Tulkarem at 11pm
Tuesday night searching lecture rooms and scrawling racist messages
on the blackboards, Student Resources reported. ISM volunteers
viewed the racial epithets, which included "All Arabs are bastards"
(translated from Hebrew) and "Israel Israel" surrounded by multiple
images of the Star of David. University staff also reported that the
Border Police tore up "martyr" posters of Tulkarem university
students killed by Israeli Forces.



Later that night, at 3:30AM Israeli Forces entered the Nur Shams
refugee camp, harassing the family of a man released from
administrative detention earlier that day. According to the family,
the army surrounded the house with 8 large jeeps, exploded the front
door open and instructed the entire family of 16—8 of whom are
children—to stand outside for two hours as soldiers searched the home
and interrogated the released detainee.



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475 663