18th March 2018 | International Solidarity Movement, al Khalil team | Occupied Palestine Two years ago Dima al-Wawi woke up for school feeling sick. Her throat hurt and her lymph nodes were swollen. Her parents were already out of the ...
Read More »Young Palestinians being arrested by Israeli soldiers in Yabad
December 25th 2017 International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Occupied Palestine | Yabad | North Palestine. Around Yabad there are two big Israeli settlements. In the last few weeks the repressive action by the Israeli army on Yabbad’s Palestinian people has escalated. Several Teenagers ...
Read More »Protest against house demolition in al-Walaje
19th August 2017 | International Solidarity Movement | Al-Khalil team, Occupied Hebron Friday 18th of August, the villagers from al-Walaje, a village near Bethlehem, were peacefully protesting the demolition orders of 22 houses in their village. The residents received the demolition ...
Read More »Sumud: Palestinian for endurance
22nd February 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine As a second time ISMer I write a blog for friends and supporters back home (at salamfrombetty.tumblr.com if you would like to follow). I asked for questions ...
Read More »Israeli soldiers invade Bil’in in attempt to break the people’s spirit
22nd September 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah-team | Bil’in, occupied Palestine Approximately fourty soldiers invaded the central West Bank town of Bil’in early morning of September 22nd. The army confiscated at least three laptops, one hard-drive, five phones, and two ...
Read More »Israeli military demolishes two houses, injures five Palestinians with live ammunition in Qalandia Refugee Camp
7th July 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Qalandia Refugee Camp, occupied Palestine The holy month of Ramadan has come to an end. But in Palestine, as in Iraq, Syria, Turkey and too many other places, Muslim families ...
Read More »The three minute warning…..
18th May 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, Al-Qud team |Al-Quds, Occupied Palestine On Wednesday we sat with Abu Sadam in the rubble of all that remains of his family’s house, in Hisbet Wadi Joz, East Jerusalem. Early Tuesday morning at ...
Read More »Al-Nakba day: The biggest crisis in the history of Palestine
15th May 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Occupied Palestine Today, 68 years ago, the state of Israel was created on the Palestinian peoples’ home. The anniversary falls after a winter and spring with an escalation in violence ...
Read More »Open The Zone: personal accounts
Saturday, May 28th (Mufeed Sharabati) Mufeed Sharabati, 50-years, Shuahda Street resident compares living in the closed military zone (CMZ) with prison – just worse: “Life here is even worse than being in jail. A prisoner knows when his sentence is ...
Read More »Open The Zone: Palestinians are people – not numbers
3rd May 2016 | Open The Zone Campaign: International Solidarity Movement & Youth Against Settlements | Hebron, occupied Palestine *******UPDATE 20th May 2016******* The closed military zone order has officially been ‘lifted’ – many restrictions and discrimination remain. ******* 3rd ...
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