24th October 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Anata, occupied Palestine “Some people think being jailed is a destiny. I say freedom is a destiny.” In Heather Christle’s stirring poem, Self Portrait with Fire, bending to conceal flaming legs, (s)he sets the grass on fire. On this day, sitting with Khader Adnan, Palestinian…
22nd October 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Today in the morning, Israeli forces harassed international human rights observers monitoring a checkpoint in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron) on settlers orders. Two internationals were monitoring the stairs leading up to two schools from segregated Shuhada street. Palestinians are forced to take the…
International Solidarity Movement, Al-Khalil team | West Bank, occupied Palestine Recently weakened by heart attack and subsequent surgery, Hashem made his way slowly down the hill from his home in the Tel Rumeida section of al-Khalil to meet with the group of internationals from whom he requested assistance in picking what was left of his…
A Palestinian farmer and English human rights defender have been hospitalized and at least 40 olive trees burnt following an attack by illegal Israeli settlers in the northern West Bank town of Burin today. At 10am this morning, as ISM and other international volunteers accompanied olive farmers who have repeatedly been restricted from accessing their…
th October 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Yesterday afternoon, two girls were arrested by Israeli forces in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron). International human rights observers documenting the ungrounded arrest were harassed by settlers in front of the Israeli police station. Two young school-girls, aged 14 and 16, were stopped by…
11th October 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus team | Kafr Qaddum, occupied Palestine In the afternoon of October 9th 2015 in Kafr Qaddum, Israeli forces preempted a peaceful demonstration with an ovewhelming display of military power by shooting an unarmed man with live ammunition in the thigh and abdomen. This man is Moayad Shtaiwi, 61, and…
8th October 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Yesterday night, October 7th 2015, a large group of settlers harassed, insulted and physically assaulted Palestinian residents and internationals in the Tel Rumeida neighbourhood of occupied al-Khalil (Hebron), injuring several. Around 08:00 pm, more than 50 settlers from the illegal settlements within…
Israel has made up its mind to rid itself of all the Palestinians in the territories it controls. It does not care for demonstrations, declarations, warnings, resolutions, moral outrage, denunciations, international law or any other form of condemnation from any part of the world. As Israel imprisons more Palestinian children, confiscates more land, denies more…
1st October 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Today, October 1st 2015, a 14-year old boy was arrested by Israeli forces in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron) after being accused of stone-throwing by a settler notorious for harassing Palestinians. Mohammed Imad Abu Shamsiyye was taken by Israeli soldiers from right outside his…
26th September 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Al-Khalil team | Jordan Valley, occupied Palestine Palestinian human rights activist and community supporter, Mahmoud Abujoad, has been detained by the Israeli authorities under false allegations. He and his family urgently need our support to help get him released at his court hearing this Tuesday, September 29th at…