Originally published in the New York Times. By Marwan Barghouti Having spent the last 15 years in an Israeli prison, I have been both a witness to and a victim of Israel’s illegal system of mass arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment ...
Read More »Banksy and the Walled Off Hotel: a personal view
13th March 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Over the last weeks there has been a lot of noise about Banksy (a street artist from the UK, now darling of the art world) and his ...
Read More »Elor Azaria verdict: a personal view
22nd February 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team, | Hebron, occupied Palestine Yesterday the Israeli soldier Elor Azaria was sentenced to 18 months in prison for the extra-judicial killing of Abdel Fattah al-Sharif, which happened last year in Hebron. Everybody ...
Read More »Bring Shadi home!
16th October 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, Firefund | illegally annexed East Jerusalem, occupied Palestine Shadi and his friend Ahmad were arrested at a bus stop in Jerusalem. A group of East Jerusalem illegal settlers called police to investigate the ...
Read More »No matter who wins the US Presidential election, Palestine has already lost
3rd October 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine One week ago, the United States and much of the world turned on their televisions to tune into the 2016 Presidential debate. Advertised as the most anticipated ...
Read More »Two Palestinians killed and several injured in Hebron
16th September 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine After a peaceful Eid holiday, violence surged in occupied Hebron today. Earlier today Israeli forces shot and killed Moussa Mohammed Khaddour, 18 and injured his fiancé Raghad ...
Read More »UN OHCHR Statement regarding Tel Aviv Shooting
10th June 2016 | United Nations Human Rights – Office of the High Commissioner | Occupied Palestine Statement by the Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani regarding the Tel Aviv shooting: The High Commissioner condemns ...
Read More »Human Rights Defender Abdullah Abu Rahma arrested and detained
15th May 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil Team | Bil’in, occupied Palestine UPDATE 23d of May 2016: Abdullah was released from military prison on the evening of the 22nd. He must return to military court on the first of ...
Read More »Imad Abu Shamsiya: A lifetime of resistance
1st May 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil Team | Hebron, occupied Palestine On the morning of the 24th of March around 8:30 am two Palestinian youths, Ramzi Aziz al-Qasrawi, 21, and Abed al-Fattah Yusri al-Sharif, also 21, were shot ...
Read More »Press release: Last day of demolition order leaves Palestinian family in Wadi al-Joz in fear of losing their home
10th April 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil Team | Jerusalem, occupied Palestine The 10th of April is the last day of the demolition order on the home of the Totanji family. The family lives in the Sawaneh district in ...
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