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88 Palestinian houses to be demolished for Israeli park

Posted on: February 12, 2012
88 Palestinian houses to be demolished for Israeli park

11 February 2012 | Al Haq


Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem continue to face an increased threat of home-demolition and forced eviction. The neighbourhood of Silwan, located to the south of the old city of Jerusalem, and with a population of over 50,000 Palestinians, is at particular risk. The city municipality, whose unilaterally drawn borders were established by Israel in 1967 when East Jerusalem was illegally annexed, plans to demolish 88 Palestinian homes in al-Bustan area in the centre of Silwan (see map below) to make … Continue reading


Updated on February 12, 2012
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Join our campaign: Help stop the construction of a national park on Palestinian land in East Jerusalem!

Posted on: January 12, 2012
Join our campaign: Help stop the construction of a national park on Palestinian land in East Jerusalem!

12 January 2012 | Sheikh Jarrah Solidarity

The planned national park, located adjacent to the E1 area, on the slopes of Mt. Scopus, would constitute an insurmountable obstacle to any possible future peace agreement involving Jerusalem.  Most immediately, it would “choke off” a number of Palestinian neighborhoods in East Jerusalem, and deny residents access to their private lands.  For detailed information on the plan for the national park, click here.

Solidarity’s campaign agaist the park-construction has already recorded some success. Following an investigative report in Ha’aretz, … Continue reading


Updated on January 12, 2012
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Shu’fat: Forced to pay taxes from behind a checkpoint and wall

Posted on: December 19, 2011
Forced to pay taxes from behind a wall - Click here for more images

by Jenna Bereld and Samar

19 December 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank

On December 18, 2011 residents of Shu’fat and activists protested against the separation wall in front of the new checkpoint. A certain loss of demonstrators was noted, since thirty-five organizers were arrested yesterday by Israeli policemen in their homes in the Shu’fat refugee camp in the middle of the night.


The residents of Shu’fat are Israeli citizens. However, they cannot enjoy the privileges a citizenship normally includes. While the streets in the illegal settlement of … Continue reading


Updated on December 19, 2011
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Khan Al-Ahmar: Forced expulsion of Bedouins from Area C

Posted on: December 13, 2011

by Alistair George
13 December 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank
“From the 1970′s until today, the Israelis used to demolish our tents and houses but not to deport us”  says Abu Hamis, a member of the Jahalin Bedouin tribe . “We used to rebuild our places but the new policy which they are adopting is that they want to not only demolish the houses, but to deport us from the area.”
Abu Hamis lives in the tinyvillageof Khan Al-Ahmar, located in the arid, rocky East Jerusalem periphery where steep mountain slopes plummet to the Jordan Valley and … Continue reading


Updated on December 13, 2011
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Sheikh Jarrah: Al Kurd family faces 30 day deadline

Posted on: December 11, 2011
Illegal, Zionist settlers have decorated the Al Kurd home with Israeli flags.

by Samar and Meriem 

11 December 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank
ISM has been following the situation of the Al Kurd family from Sheikh Jarrah since 2009 and has kept a presence in the garden of their home.
The Al Kurd family is of five other families targeted by these evications.  The Fawziya Al Kurd family was evicted 9 November 2008. And the Ghawi and Hanoun families were evicted on 3 August 2009.
The Nabil Al Kurd family was evicted from one of their houses on 3 November 2009, and settlers finally moved in on … Continue reading


Updated on December 12, 2011
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Israel continues wave of West Bank housing demolitions in East Jerusalem

Posted on: December 6, 2011

by Wahed Rejol
6 December 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank
Following the violent demolitions in Qalqiliya yesterday, and in Beit Hannina and Silwan on Sunday, Israel continued its displacement of Palestinians throughout the West Bank today in occupied East Jerusalem.
On the day Israel announced a plan to forcibly remove 2300 Palestinians from their homes, a demolition team arrived in Al Khalaylah, a small village in East Jerusalem.  Two homes, an animal barracks, and part of a hardware store were flattened within hours.  Palestinians watched as their homes were lost, leaving 6 children and several adults homeless.  Armed … Continue reading


Updated on December 6, 2011
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Jerusalem: Sumarin family receives news that eviction is temporarily delayed

Posted on: November 28, 2011
Members of the Sumarin family awaits court decision with solidarity activists from Japan, Sweden, Spain, US, and Israel.

by Wahed Rejol

28 November 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank

Today in the Wadi Hilweh neighborhood of Silwan, the Sumarin family awaited a ruling from Israeli court on the pending eviction from their home.

Israeli news reported this week that the current eviction set for this week had been delayed. But according to the family, their attorney had not yet received an official ruling. Until today.

According to the Wadi Hilweh Information Center, approximately 60% of the houses have received demolition notices in Silwan – a town in East Jerusalem with a population of 55,000 … Continue reading


Updated on November 30, 2011
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Eid in Sheikh Jarrah

Posted on: November 7, 2011
Nabil al Kurd and his son Mahmood

by Wahed Rajol

7 November 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank

ISM has maintained a daily presence at the al-Kurd residence in Sheikh Jarrah since August 2009 when Israeli authorities paved the way for Israeli settlers to occupy the front part of the family home.  On the first night of Eid al-Adha, on November 6th, 2011, three international volunteers camped in a make shift area just outside of the residence, located in the same area where the ISM tent was before it was burned to the ground by the settlers just two months ago.

Thirteen al-Kurd family members spanning three generations gathered … Continue reading


Updated on November 7, 2011
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In Pictures: Sheikh Jarrah

Posted on: September 16, 2011

16 September 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank
The ultimate aim of the Zionist organizations is to convert Sheikh Jarrah into a new Jewish settlement and to create a Jewish continuum that will effectively cut off the Old City from the northern Palestinian neighborhoods. On 28 August 2008, Nahalat Shimon International filed a plan to build a series of five and six-story apartment blocks – Town Plan Scheme (TPS) 12705 – in the Jerusalem Local Planning Commission. If TPS 12705 comes to pass, the existing Palestinian houses in this key area would be demolished, about 500 … Continue reading


Updated on September 16, 2011
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Violent incitement against internationals in Sheikh Jarrah

Posted on: July 2, 2011

2 July 2011 | International Solidarity Movement

Two international activists were assaulted by 4 Israeli police officers in an unprovoked attack in Sheikh Jarrah this morning.

The two Danish activists were part of a group of five internationals staying at a home which has been partially occupied by settlers. With the support of the Israeli military in an ongoing dispute over property rights in East Jerusalem, a number of Palestinian families have been evicted from their homes and have been left homeless.

Police arrived for no reported reasons at approximately 8:30am and approached one of the activists who was sitting and reading at … Continue reading


Updated on July 8, 2011
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