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Palestinian still detained after he was shot in the head at peaceful demonstration

Posted on: March 5, 2013
Ibrahim Saadi with wounds to head being dragged down street by soldiers

5th March 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Hebron, Occupied Palestine

22 year old Ibrahim Saadi is still being held at Ofer Prison in Ramallah after being shot in the head close range by a rubber bullet and arrested during a peaceful demonstration in Hebron on Friday.
His brother told us he had recieved a number of stitches on his head before being transferred to Ofer.

Ibrahim Saadi with wounds to head being dragged down street by soldiers

The peaceful protest organised in remembrance … Continue reading


Updated on March 5, 2013
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“Our prisoners are dying.” Students mobilise in Gaza

Posted on: March 3, 2013
Majeda Sabbah, with other students protesting the death of Arafat Jaradat in Israeli custody . Photo by Joe Catron

3rd March 2013 | International Action for Palestine, Gaza, Occupied Palestine

“Our prisoners are dying.” said Gaza student Khaled Shehab from the Islamic University. “We won’t wait till the death of another prisoner to move in solidarity with all the detainees.” Khaled was joining the thousands attending the growing number of demonstrations in the Gaza Strip right now.

Majeda Sabbah, with other students protesting the death of Arafat Jaradat in Israeli custody … Continue reading


Updated on March 5, 2013
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International activist faces deportation after Kufr Qaddoum demonstration

Posted on: March 1, 2013
International activist faces deportation after Kufr Qaddoum demonstration

One international activist and two Palestinians were arrested at this Friday´s demonstration in Kufr Qaddoum.
Although being restrained by armed police, a rock is used to finish the job (source: Wafa/ICAI)
Around 150 Palestinians, together with Israeli and international activists, participated in Kufr Qaddoum’s weekly demonstration against the closure of the road leading to Nablus.
After midday prayers, protesters marched from the center of the village up the main road, but they were soon blocked by Israeli border police who threw stun grenades at the crowd. Clashes ensued for … Continue reading


Updated on May 22, 2013
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Two residents from Burin arrested overnight: confrontations ongoing throughout today

Posted on: February 25, 2013
Two residents from Burin arrested overnight: confrontations ongoing throughout today

UPDATE:  Baha Adnan Imran 14 years old, who was arrested yesterday on his way home from school, is now being accused of throwing stones and carrying a knuckle duster. He will appear before Salem Military courts tommorow on the northern edge of Jenin.

25 February 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Burin, Occupied Palestine

Mahmoud Nasser Asaus (17) and Magdi Loai Najjar (24) were arrested last night by Israeli forces in the village of Burin and are now being held in Kishon Interrogation Centre in Haifa. Residents of Burin suspect this is the start of a wave of arrest following the Al-Manatir protest … Continue reading


Updated on February 26, 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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Bedouin communities near Qalqiliya isolated by Israel and facing school demolition

Posted on: February 23, 2013
Bedouin girls at school

22 February 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus, Occupied Palestine

By ISM Nablus

The small Bedouin communities of ‘Arab Ramadin al-Janubi and ‘Arab Ab
Farda lie south of Qalqilya between the apartheid wall and the green line,close to the illegal settlement Alfe Menashe. They are separated from the rest of West Bank from all sides by the Israeli apartheid wall. The communities, founded by people deported from areas in Negev and Netanya during and after the Nakba are today home to  around 500 people. They suffer from multiple restrictions imposed by the Israeli authorities,including no permissions for new buildings or expansion of existing … Continue reading


Updated on February 25, 2013
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Bassem Tamimi released from Israeli jails

Posted on: February 16, 2013
Bassem Tamimi released from Israeli jails

16 February 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nabi Saleh, Occupied Palestine

Political prisoner and member of the Popular Committee in Nabi Saleh, Bassem Tamimi, was released on Sunday 10th February after spending almost four months inside Israeli military prisons.

Bassem was arrested in the first BDS action in an illegal Israeli colony – a non-violent protest against a branch of the Rami Levy supermarket.  At the time, Israeli occupation forces violently detained Bassem, breaking three of his ribs in the process. He was subsequently interrogated for participating in an unauthorized demonstration and the … Continue reading


Updated on February 16, 2013
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2 shot with live ammunition at Ofer prison demonstration

Posted on: February 15, 2013
Prayers outside Ofer prison

15 February 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Ofer Prison, Occupied Palestine

A demonstration was held outside Ofer prison in Ramallah as part of a week of action in solidarity with Palestinian political prisoners, and in particular to protest the continued detention of Samer Assawi who is on his 207th day of hunger strike whilst being held without charge.
Several hundred attended traditional Friday prayers which were held outside the prison gates in an act of nonviolent resistance.

Prayers outside Ofer prison

Clashes ensued between protesters, including stone-throwing youth, and the Israeli army … Continue reading


Updated on February 15, 2013
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BDS campaigners cost Veolia 4.7bn in London

Posted on: February 13, 2013
BDS campaigners cost Veolia 4.7bn in London

8 January 2013 | No 2 Veolia Action Group, London

Vociferous local campaign by the No2 Veolia Action Group leads Occupation profiteer Veolia to withdraw from colossal waste management contracts. No 2 Veolia Action Group (No2VAG) are celebrating a huge victory with the withdrawal of Veolia, a multinational company complicit in Israeli violations of international law, from the final stage of the North London procurement process.

In a statement on 21st December the North London Waste Authority, which represents the seven London boroughs covered by the £4.7bn contracts, made the dramatic announcement that it had “received notification from Veolia Environmental Services that they will not … Continue reading


Updated on February 20, 2013
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BREAKING NEWS: Internationals arrested and hospitalised for trying to plant trees in Urif

Posted on: February 12, 2013
BREAKING NEWS: Internationals arrested and hospitalised for trying to plant trees in Urif

12 February 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Urif, Nablus, Occupied Palestine

UPDATE: All of those detained today have been released and the Brit who was pepper sprayed has been let out of hospital

At around 11am this morning, a group of internationals including three volunteers from the Michigan Peace Team travelled to Urif in Nablus. They were attempting to assist in planting olive trees at the top of the village near the school, an area which has been the scene of much of the recent troubles in Urif.

Despite being nowhere near the illegal … Continue reading


Updated on February 12, 2013
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