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An interview with Khaled Jarrar: Stamping Palestine into passports

Posted on: November 21, 2011
An interview with Khaled Jarrar: Stamping Palestine into passports

by Alistair George
21 November 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank
Khaled Jarrar is a Palestinian artist and photographer from Jenin, currently based in Ramallah.  In addition to photographing and documenting the Israeli occupation, he has designed a ‘State of Palestine’  postage and passport stamp.  This week in an interview with Alistair George of International Solidarity Movement, Jarrar  explains the idea behind his stamp, past and future plans, and the extent to which art influences political resistance.

ISM: What’s the idea behind the ‘State of Palestine’ passport stamp?
Jarrar: I had my idea three years ago.  I … Continue reading


Updated on November 21, 2011
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Hebron: Zionist paraders harass Palestinians, 7 internationals detained

Posted on: November 20, 2011
Zionists parading Hebron - Click here for more images

by Alistair George and Ben Lorber
20 November 2011  | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank
Over 1000 American and International Zionists joined 700 extremist settlers in Hebron this weekend to celebrate the reading of the Torah portion detailing Abraham’s biblical purchase of Hebron land, and to assert sovereignty over the Palestinian residents of Hebron.
On Friday, many Zionist visitors camped in tents on Israeli-controlled Shuhada Street. Inebriated from the Shabbat festivities, the visitors harassed local Palestinians throughout the night.
On Saturday, soldiers stationed themselves through the streets of Hebron’s Old City, forcing the shutdown … Continue reading


Updated on November 21, 2011
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Imneizil demolitions: “Hanging between the ground and the sky”

Posted on: November 19, 2011
Threatening the light of the village - Click here for more images

by Jenna Bereld

18 November 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank

The solar panels in the village  of Imneizil, near Hebron, became effective almost two years ago,  improved the living conditions for about four hundred inhabitants in the village, but recently  residents learned that the Israeli army issued a demolition order for the solar power installations.

“When the electricity came, we could have light at night. So right now, we could sit with our friends in the night, and we can see each other,” said  25-year-old Nihad who has seen her life change since electricity become available in Imneizil. She … Continue reading


Updated on November 19, 2011
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Internationals harassed and denied entry into Nabi Saleh

Posted on: November 18, 2011

by Wahed Rejol

18 November 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank

Following last week’s violence in the village of Nabi Saleh near Ramallah, international observers and activists were today denied entry into the village by Israeli soldiers. The soldiers said that the entire village was a closed military zone and provided paperwork that seemed to support their claim. The internationals were followed and harassed by the Israel military as they attempted to leave the village.

Every Friday the village of Nabi Saleh organizes a march to protest the 2009 confiscation of an important water source by the Israelis. Last week  Abu Hussam Tamimi suffered … Continue reading


Updated on November 18, 2011
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Al Baqa’a: The struggle of a family in the shadow of illegal annexation

Posted on: November 18, 2011
Atta and Rodni Jaber at their house in Al-Baqa'a, near Hebron

by Alistair George

17 November 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank

“The Israelis hope that that the young people leave, the old people die, and then they can confiscate the land and the houses” says Sami, an activist working in Al Baqa’a, a windswept valley situated a few kilometers east of Hebron.

The Jaber family’s experiences of living in Al Baqa’a are similar to many other Palestinians in the area, in that their ordinary family faces extraordinary pressure on a daily basis from the Israeli military and nearby settlers.

Rodni Jaber is the … Continue reading


Updated on November 18, 2011
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Independence Day in the Buffer Zone

Posted on: November 16, 2011
Photo: Hama Waqum - Click here for more images

by Nathan Stuckey

16 November 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza

Twenty three years ago today the Palestinian declaration of independence was released.  Written by Mahmoud Darwish, and unveiled to the world by Yasser Arafat in Algiers where he was living in exile like millions of other Palestinians.  Today, in Beit Hanoun, we, the Local Committee of Beit Hanoun, the International Solidarity Movement, and local citizens of Beit Hanoun marched into the no go zone just as we have done every Tuesday for the last three years.

We gathered on the road beside … Continue reading


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Freedom Riders: “I felt like I was witnessing history”

Posted on: November 16, 2011
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by Ben Lorber

 15 November 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank

Earlier today, 7 Palestinian activists were arrested as part of the Freedom Rides attempt to board segregated buses going from the West Bank into occupied East Jerusalem.

Palestinians, Israelis and ISM activists waited at a bus stop outside the illegal settlement of Psagot, while four settler buses pulled up and drove away, refusing to open their doors. Israeli police and occupation army surrounded the activists, while a group of settlers massed to observe. Finally, a bus took the activists aboard, … Continue reading


Updated on November 16, 2011
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Al Qasab demolished as hundreds of Israeli soldiers watch

Posted on: November 15, 2011
Al Qasab demolished as hundreds of Israeli soldiers watch

by Guillaume and William

15 November 2011  | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank
This morning, on Tuesday 15th  November, national day of Palestine, three houses in Al Qasab near Jericho were destroyed by the Israeli military.

 During the early morning, between two and three hundred Israeli soldiers entered Al Qasab with bulldozers and destroyed the houses. The village is in Area C; under full Israeli administrative and military control.
 The Fakhori family had some time to move some furniture and belongings outside before their house … Continue reading


Updated on November 16, 2011
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Jerusalem: Explosions, arrests and violence as Israel clears way for settlement activity

Posted on: November 14, 2011
Explosions, violence, and arrests in Al Walajeh - Click here for more images

by Alistair George
13 November 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank

Three Palestinians were arrested and others were detained, beaten and pepper sprayed by the Israeli military in Al-Walajeh yesterday, as villagers attempted to prevent the detonation of explosives used to widen the route for the separation wall on the village’s land.

Previously, large explosions on 3 November2011 in the village had sent large rocks several metres into the air, damaging nearby houses and trees and endangering life.  The explosions have damaged the foundations of nearby properties.  Yesterday, protesters attempted to peacefully prevent a similar explosion from taking place.

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Updated on November 16, 2011
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Palestinian woman struggles for proper medical treatment

Posted on: November 14, 2011
Prisoner rights worker Myassar Atyani and Amal Jamal in a Nablus hospital.

by Wahed Rejol

14 November 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank

In 2004 Amal Jamal was sentenced to 12 years in Israeli prison. A year later the Palestinian woman from Nablus was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Today from a hospital in Nablus she awaits a decision from Israel authorities that will determine whether she will be permitted to travel outside of Israeli controlled territory to receive medical treatment.

In 2005 Jamal began to suffer from severe pain and bleeding as a result of her illness. Yet she received little treatment from the … Continue reading


Updated on November 16, 2011
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