Gaza / Occupied West Bank 12/24/2023 Hundreds of thousands of Palestinian children in Gaza are at risk of famine and preventable death from disease as the world’s observant retreat into family and faith to mark the birth of ...
Read More »Candles in the Dark
It is nearing Christmas time in Bethlehem. And there is room at the inn this time. A family from Gaza had to go to a far away hospital for their child’s illness. Then October 7th occurred, and then the genocide.
Read More »International Solidarity Movement Podcast episode 9: Dheisheh Refugee Camp – an epicentre of anticolonial resistance
In this episode Tom and Hazel speak to Sireen Khudairy, who is a resident of Dheisheh refugee camp in Bethlehem. For many years, Dheisheh has been a centre of determined resistance against the occupation. We spoke to Sireen in December ...
Read More »Protesters break through replica of Apartheid Wall in Bethlehem symbolic run
Protesters gather for symbolic marathon near Apartheid Wall in Bethlehem June 19 2019 | International Solidarity Movement | Bethlehem, occupied Palestine Hundreds of people gathered in cities across the Palestinian Territories and England on Sunday June 15, to participate in ...
Read More »Bethlehem protests the US embassy relocation
On the 14th May 2017, the day the new US embassy to Israel was due to open in Jerusalem, protests were held across Palestine. In Bethlehem, hundreds of children, women and men marched from Nisan Square to the gate in ...
Read More »Palestinians pray in the streets of Bethlehem and march against Donald Trump
16th March 2018 | International Solidarity Movement, al Khalil team | Occupied Palestine This morning, Palestinians gathered in front of the apartheid wall by the Intercontinental Hotel in Bethlehem for Friday Prayer, which was held in the street. After the ...
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 »Israeli forces attack peaceful demonstration in Bethlehem [VIDEO]
23rd July 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Bethlehem, occupied Palestine Israeli forces attacked a peaceful demonstration in Bethlehem this Wednesday, using tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets on the crowd of around 200 Palestinians. The demonstrators were ...
Read More »Donald Trump forced to change travel plans after Palestinians protest in Bethlehem
Donald Trump abandoned plans to visit Bethlehem’s Church of Nativity today due to the presence of a Palestinian protest outside the building. The US President changed plans at the last minute, reportedly infuriating the Palestinian Authority by breaking with ...
Read More »The ‘Beautiful Resistance’ of Aida Camp – “People cannot tolerate injustice for eternity”
Tucked within the antiquated corridors of the municipality of Bethlehem, there lies Aida Camp, established 1950. The densely populated cement structures, thinly outlined by narrow passageways, are a living summation of the occupation of Palestine itself. Scraping elbows with the ...
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