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Activist dares imagine a one-state solution

Posted on: April 2, 2013
Scenes from the West Bank provided by the Palestine Solidarity Movement

By Patrick Cooke

2nd April 2013 | The Times of Malta

The snow that fell on the West Bank village of Urif on January 10 was the heaviest in years, enticing delighted children out of their homes. But snow was not the only thing to descend on the village that morning.

As the children threw snowballs, dozens of Israeli settlers came down from the hilltop settlement of Yizhar, brandishing guns, stones and even a sword.

What happened next was witnessed by Maltese activist Andre Callus, 26, who was in the Nablus region with the International Solidarity Movement, a non-violent group “committed to resisting … Continue reading


Updated on April 2, 2013
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Statement from Samer Issawi who has spent over 240 days on hunger strike

Posted on: March 19, 2013
Samer Issawi

19th March 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Occupied Palestine

The following statement by Samer Issawi was posted on his Facebook page by his lawyer Fawwaz Shloudy. It was translated from Arabic to English by Shahd Abusalama.

“Regarding the Israeli Occupation offer to deport me to Gaza, I affirm that Gaza is undeniable part of my homeland and its people are my people. However, I will visit Gaza whenever I want or I feel like it as it is within my homeland Palestine which I have the right to wander whenever I like from the very north to the very south. I strongly … Continue reading


Updated on March 19, 2013
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South African educationist denied entry into Palestine

Posted on: March 13, 2013
South African educationist denied entry into Palestine

12 March 2013| Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Occupied Palestine

Well-known South African educationist and human rights activist, Dr Salim Vally, was today detained, interrogated and denied entry into Palestine by Israeli security forces when he attempted to enter the country from Jordan.

Dr Vally, director of the Centre for Education Rights and Transformation at the University of Johannesburg, was invited by the German foundation, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES), to deliver a series of lectures in the West Bank focusing on the right to education and curriculum development.

He left Amman, Jordan, this morning on his way to Palestine but was stopped at the border … Continue reading


Updated on May 17, 2013
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ISM activist risks jail, pledges not to answer questions if stopped under Terror laws in the UK

Posted on: March 11, 2013
Tom Woodhead

Tom Woodhead
11th March | International Solidarity Movement, Occupied Palestine
Tom Woodhead, an ISM activist who is currently being deported by Israeli immigration authorities, has pledged not to answer questions if British authorities attempt to misuse the Terrorism Act 2000 when he arrives at the airport in the UK. The British activist, is currently being deported by Israeli authorities after being arrested on the 1st of March by border police at a demonstration against Israel’s illegal colonial occupation of Palestinian land in Kafr Qaddum, a village in the West … Continue reading


Updated on May 19, 2013
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Funeral of 23 year old Mohammed Asfour leads to Israeli army invasion of village

Posted on: March 9, 2013
March 8th 2013 (Photo by Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

9th March 2013| Lisa Marchant, Occupied Palestine

23 year old Mohammed Asfour died on the 7th of March, from injuries sustained during a demonstration in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners on hunger strikers in Israeli jails. He was shot in the head with a rubber-coated steel bullet at the demonstration on the 22nd of February and was treated in the Israeli Echilov hospital, but finally succumbed to his injuries on Thursday.

The funeral was held on the following day, Friday the 8th of March, with a procession of cars adorned with Palestinian flags following Mohammed’s body from Ramallah to his home village of … Continue reading


Updated on March 9, 2013
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Fierce clashes in Hebron rage after death of Arafat Jaradat in Israeli detention

Posted on: February 24, 2013
Teenager shot in thigh with live ammunition now in critical condition

24 February 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Hebron, Occupied Palestine

Palestinians protesting last night’s death of Arafat Jaradat while in Israeli administrative detention clashed with Israeli Occupation Forces throughout today in Hebron. Israeli officials claim that Jaradat died in an interrogation centre of a heart attack despite having no health conditions prior to his detention. In a recent court appearance, Jaradat told his lawyer, that “he had serious pains in his back and other parts of his body because he was being beaten up and hanged for many long hours while he was being investigated”. Jaradat was father to a 4 … Continue reading


Updated on February 28, 2013
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UPDATED – Arafat Jaradat: Israeli prisons’ latest casualty

Posted on: February 23, 2013
UPDATED – Arafat Jaradat: Israeli prisons’ latest casualty

23 February 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Megiddo Prison, Apartheid Israel

Arafat Shalish Shahin Jaradat was just martyred in a special section for the Shin Bet in one of the occupation’s interrogation centres. Arafat was born on 14  January 1983 and had just turned 30 years-old and lived in Sa’eer, a village near Hebron. He was married and father to a four year-old daughter, Yara, and a two year-old son, Muhammad. Arafat and his wife Dalal were expecting their third child in June. Arafat was also in his first year at al-Quds Open University.

Arafat … Continue reading


Updated on February 25, 2013
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Call to action: A new protest village on Saturday, 9 February

Posted on: February 9, 2013

Update on 9 Feb by ISM: At 6.30 am a protest tent was built nearby the road to the Karmel settlement near Yatta, South Hebron Hills. Two other tents were ready to be built when army destroyed the standing tent and confiscated the two other. Activists made a circle of stones as a symbol of the new village, two banners displayed “This is our land” and “Settlements are not welcome”. Finished at 8 am and activists moved to another place, south of Yatta to the newly built village of Canaan. Army used a lot of skunk water and violently arrested … Continue reading


Updated on February 9, 2013
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Day of action in Zeitoun, Gaza City and Madama, Nablus – A call from Palestinian farmers and fishermen

Posted on: February 8, 2013
Day of action in Zeitoun, Gaza City and Madama, Nablus – A call from Palestinian farmers and fishermen

8 February 2013 | BDS Movement

Gaza City Action: Meet 11 am in Zeitoun Neighbourhood, next to the Car Market “Souq Sayarat” and Al Handasya Company. The march will then begin from Malaka Cross towards the farmland near the Israeli frontier.

West Bank Action: Meet 10 am in Madama village, next to the mosque the farmers will then walk to the village land near Izthar settlement.

40 people held a rally at Gaza Port on Wednesday 6 February. … Continue reading


Updated on February 8, 2013
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Presenting “International Action for Palestine”

Posted on: February 7, 2013
Presenting “International Action for Palestine”

7 February 2013 | International Action for Palestine, Gaza, Occupied Palestine

International Action for Palestine is a group of international volunteers from all over the world based in the Gaza Strip who work together with local organisations to support Palestinians in their endeavor to overcome Israeli apartheid, colonization and occupation.

The main objective of International Action for Palestine is to support Palestinian civilians such as farmers and fishermen in their struggle to freely use their besieged lands and seas. In order to do so, one of the main activities … Continue reading


Updated on February 8, 2013
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