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Settler Attack: Palestinian man shot in head in Asira al-Qibliya

Posted on: May 20, 2012
Settler Attack: Palestinian man shot in head in Asira al-Qibliya

By Maria Erdely
20 May 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank
Asira al-Qibliya, a village located south-west of Nablus, was attacked by illegal Israeli settlers yesterday. The attack lasted all afternoon leaving 7 Palestinians injured, of which 5 required hospitalization. Settlers fired live ammunition at the Palestinians, and one man was in critical condition after being shot in the head.
Israeli settlers arrived at Asira in the afternoon and before any Palestinians or Israeli soldiers came they began the attack by setting fire to the land. The people of Asira arrived and responded by throwing stones towards the … Continue reading


Updated on May 20, 2012
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It’s time to harvest the crop: Accompanying farmers in Gaza under Israeli fire

Posted on: April 24, 2012
Renad Salem Qdeeh

by Rosa Schiano
Translation by Claudia Saba

23 April 2012 | il Blog di Oliva


Israeli soldiers have already started shooting onto the land along the border of the Gaza Strip. Two injured just in the first two days of the harvest.
Renad Salem Qdeeh, 33, was collecting he crop from her land when Israeli soldiers started shooting, at around 7.30am or 8am. The other farmers managed to escape, but Renad started screaming as she was hit in the head while standing about 800 meters … Continue reading


Updated on April 24, 2012
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For immediate release: Cyclists attacked by soldier in the Jordan Valley seek legal action

Posted on: April 17, 2012

17 April 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank

For Immediate Release

April 17, 2012: Cyclists attacked by soldier in the Jordan Valley seek legal action

Danish activist Andreas was attacked by Israeli commander Lt.-Col. Shalom Eisner during an unarmed demonstration in the Jordan Valley on April 14th. (See video). Dutch activist Mira and a Palestinian man also suffered injuries following an assault by Eisner,  Swedish activist Alex was handcuffed and detained for over one hour during the incident. The action involved some two hundred people riding bikes along Route-90 which connects Israeli settlements, which are recognized as illegal by the International … Continue reading


Updated on April 20, 2012
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Day of the Child: Houses overturned, 20 arrested by “American style” Israeli military

Posted on: April 8, 2012
Houses overturned during night raids - For more pictures click here

by Lydia

8 April 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank


April 5th marked a day to celebrate the children of Palestine. This year the Israeli military decided to contribute to the special day of the children of Kufr Qaddoum by invading the village and kidnapping 20 fathers and brothers. Boys and men were taken from their homes in a series of overly aggressive and destructive raids.
At 2 AM approximately 200 soldiers stormed the center of the village and split up in to groups of around 30 soldiers. … Continue reading


Updated on April 9, 2012
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Israeli Brutality: Violent arrests of Palestinians in Hebron and disappearance of Dutch volunteer

Posted on: April 2, 2012
The invasion of Zionism - Click here for more photos

by Paige and Satu

1 April 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank


A Dutch woman and several Palestinians were violently arrested today during an attempt to reclaim a Palestinian house at the entrance of the old city in occupied Al Khalil  (Hebron).
About 30 Palestinians and international ISM activists from Canada, Finland, United States and the Netherlands entered a Palestinian house that was taken over by Israeli army around eight years ago. The re-occupation of the house was an attempt to return the house its rightful owner and … Continue reading


Updated on April 9, 2012
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Land Day: From Gaza to Sakhnin we are all united with Bil’in

Posted on: March 29, 2012
Photo courtesy Hussein Amody, 2012

by Nathan Stuckey
27 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza


Thirty six years ago on March 30th 1976 demonstrations against the confiscation of Palestinian land by the Israeli government spread throughout Palestine.  Six Palestinians were killed, over a hundred wounded, and hundreds more arrested.  Land day was one of the first large mobilizations of Palestinians with 1948 Palestine.  This year, on Land Day, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from all over the world will march towards Jerusalem.  Today, in Beit Hanoun, Land Day came early.  … Continue reading


Updated on March 29, 2012
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In memory of a hero: Rachel speaks truth

Posted on: March 16, 2012
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16 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement
On the anniversary of Rachel Corrie’s martyrdom today, the rain fell in quiet tears that watered Palestine in a confusing emotion of remorse and yet optimism—the same optimism we hear in the voice of Rachel’s diaries and actions.
It rained on Kufr Qaddoum where attack dogs clenched in their jaws the peaceful freedom fighters of Palestine, an image reminiscent of a segregated America.
It drizzled as the folks of Al Ma’sara demanded the wall to fall, an echoing … Continue reading


Updated on March 16, 2012
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Casualties of the last attacks on Gaza: Visit to Shifa Hospital

Posted on: March 16, 2012
Hani Al- Qanoo, 15 years old

by Rosa Schiano

15 March 2012 | il Blog di Oliva

This morning we went to pay a visit to the wounded at the Shifa Hospital. Most of them have fractures and burns.

Hani Al-Qanoo, 15


His mother, Reda, tells that on Sunday morning around 9am Hani and his brother went to school, but there were no classes. They were coming back home when a drone fired a missile on the same road where they were walking, Al Khorondar street.
Reda lives with her 7 children in difficult … Continue reading


Updated on March 16, 2012
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Beit Furik, Nablus: Family unable to attend funeral for son killed in recent Gaza air strikes

Posted on: March 14, 2012
Who is in this picture

by Jonas Weber

13 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank

“We called him Nassr, but I think his real name was Mahmoud,” says Ahmed while we were on the bus from the Beit Furik municipality building. Outside the bus window, the walls of the little town just outside of Nablus are plastered with freshly printed martyr posters. The picture shows a middle aged man photoshopped between the Dome of the Rock and the Palestinian flag.

It has just been a few days since Mahmoud Hanini was killed by an Israeli rocket … Continue reading


Updated on March 14, 2012
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Burying Ayoub

Posted on: March 11, 2012
Ayoub, martyred in an air strike

by Nathan Stuckey

11 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza

Twelve year old Ayoub Assalya was murdered today. He was walking to school when an Israeli missile landed next to him.  It was seven A.M.  He is another casualty of Israel’s latest attack on Gaza. For three days now Gaza has been under bombardment.  Eighteen people have been killed.  Dozens have been injured.

His funeral was held today in Jabalia, the refugee camp where he lived.  We waited outside the mosque for midday prayers … Continue reading


Updated on March 20, 2012
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