Acts of harassment and terror are a daily fact of life for residents of Masafer Yatta, a collection of rural hamlets at the southern end of the West Bank. One example is Mohammed Abed’s family in Um Darit, where they ...
Read More »Occupation Forces Targeted Series of Strikes Kills 7 Aid Workers in Gaza
02 April 2024 | International Solidarity Movement | Deir al Balah, Gaza Following the offloading of a desperately needed 100+ tons of humanitarian aid into a Deir al Balah aid storage warehouse, a seven-person, three-vehicle World Central ...
Read More »Illegal Israeli Settlers Continue Attacks on Shepherds in Masafer Yatta
23 March 2024 | International Solidarity Movement | Masafer Yatta March 21. @ISM On March 20 and 21, Palestinian shepherds from the village of Umm Fagarah in Masafer Yatta faced violent attacks and incursions onto their grazing lands by illegal ...
Read More »Second Friday of Ramadan at Qalandia Checkpoint
22 March 2024 | International Solidarity Movement | Qalandia checkpoint Palestinians perform Friday mid-day prayer outside of Qalandia checkpoint this morning while held at gunpoint by Israeli occupation soldiers, after being forcefully denied their right to enter Al-Quds to pray ...
Read More »Deceptively “quiet” first week of Ramadan in Jerusalem: a result of restrictions at Qalandia checkpoint
19 March 2024 | International Solidarity Movement | West Bank/East Jerusalem Stories from Israeli and international press extoll a safe and unencumbered celebration of the first week of Ramadan for the thousands of Palestinians with Israeli or Jerusalem ID cards, ...
Read More »Masafer Yatta: Israeli Settlers Burn a Family Car in Um Dhorit
17 March 2024 | International Solidarity Movement | Masafer Yatta Last night, illegal settlers burned a family car in Um Dhorit, in Masafer Yatta. They snuck onto the family’s land and set fire to the family only car in an ...
Read More »Violent arrest of Palestinian women in Susiya, Masafer Yatta
13 March 2024 | International Solidarity Movement | Masafer Yatta Israeli soldiers arresting a Palestinian woman. @ISM Today in Susiya (Masafer Yatta), on the third day in Ramadan, a large number of IOF soldiers and armed settlers arrested a ...
Read More »Escalating Night Raids and Attacks on Shepherds in Jinba
11 March 2024 | International Solidarity Movement | Masafer Yatta On February 23, Israeli occupation forces (IOF) raided the village of Jinba, in Masafer Yatta, in the middle of the night. The army forced residents out of their houses and ...
Read More »The Many Faces of Ethnic Cleansing and Land Grab
06 March 2024 | International Solidarity Movement | Masafer Yatta A few days ago, villagers of Khallet Adabaa stood at the edge of their village and watched two illegal Israeli settlers driving on motorbikes up and down the hills ...
Read More »Illegal Occupation and Power Abuse by Israeli Settlers in Masafer Yatta
27 February 2024 | International Solidarity Movement | Masafer Yatta On February 25th, armed illegal Israeli settlers and border police approached and violently argued with Palestinian shepherds in Al-Rakeez, Masafer Yatta, driving them away from their land. Two Palestinian shepherds ...
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