by Paige
10 April 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank
The Israeli army enforced a system of extensive closures, detentions, and violence against Palestinians and internationals activists during the Jewish holiday of Passover in Al Khalil (Hebron).
The army closed off the busy Beersheba road to allow Jewish settlers to visit the tomb of Othniel Ben Knaz inside of Palestinian controlled Hebron. Under the Hebron Protocol the city is divided into two parts; H1 is under complete Israeli military control and H2 is under the control of the Palestinian Authority, although the Israeli army … Continue reading
Passover violence in Occupied Al Khalil
Video: Israeli military shooting directly at press in Kufr Qaddoum
by Axel
4 April 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank
On Friday the 30th of March the weekly demonstration was held in the village Kufr Qaddoum outside of Nablus. This day was however the same day as the Global March to Jerusalem, meaning less media attention than normal, and also less internationals present as most of the activists attended the demonstrations in Qalandiya, Jerusalem, and Bethlehem. To further minimize attendance, the Israeli soldiers had set up a checkpoint outside the village, preventing people from entering.
The situation was also more tense than … Continue reading
Video: Israelis violently attack Palestinians in Al Khalil home invasion
2 April 2012 | Youth Against Settlements
About 30 Palestinians and international ISM activists from Canada, Finland, United States and the Netherlands entered a Palestinian house that was taken over by Israeli army around eight years ago. The re-occupation of the house was an attempt to return the house to its rightful owner and was a response to the takeover of a Palestinian house on Shuhada street by settlers under the protection of the Israeli army and border police on April 1 2012.
As activists started cleaning the house and preparing to spend the night there, … Continue reading
Video: Dozens of wounded and shooting at Erez border in Beit Hanoun
by Rosa Schiano
30 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza
Today we joined the Global March to Jerusalem from Gaza. Israeli soldiers shot continuosly, dozens of people injured, one killed.
I made this small video during the march. Some young people show the blood on their hands. Some guys with two motorcycles carried continuously the injured people injured to ambulances. However the Israeli soldiers kept on shooting.
Rosa Schiano is a volunteer with International Solidarity Movement. You can visit her blog here.
Swedish peace activist beaten up by Israeli Occupation Forces
by Jonas Weber and Jeff
1 April 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank
A Swedish peace activist at the Land Day demonstration in Qalandia, outside of Ramallah, was arrested. During the arrest he was kicked and beaten by the Israeli soldiers.
“It happened so fast, I never understood what was going on before I was sitting with my hands tied behind my back in a military jeep,” said Philip after his release on Friday evening.
On Friday, demonstrations were held throughout Palestine and neighboring countries to mark … Continue reading
Land Day: From Gaza to Sakhnin we are all united with Bil’in
by Nathan Stuckey
27 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza
Thirty six years ago on March 30th 1976 demonstrations against the confiscation of Palestinian land by the Israeli government spread throughout Palestine. Six Palestinians were killed, over a hundred wounded, and hundreds more arrested. Land day was one of the first large mobilizations of Palestinians with 1948 Palestine. This year, on Land Day, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from all over the world will march towards Jerusalem. Today, in Beit Hanoun, Land Day came early. … Continue reading
Settlers attack internationals accompanying school children on Shuhada Street
by Paige
28 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank
Today at around 1 PM extremist settler Anat Cohen attacked a Canadian woman accompanying school children, and a few minutes later sent two teenage settlers to throw rocks at the Canadian woman and a Finnish man. The attack occurred at the bottom of the stairs connecting the Qordaba Girls School with the section of Shuhada street where Palestinians are allowed to walk.
Cohen passed the internationals in her car and stopped to talk to soldiers at the nearby checkpoint. She then reversed her car, parked next to the … Continue reading
Two Stray Bullets in Gaza
by Johnny Bravo
24 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza
On Sunday it was reported that a young boy had been shot on farmland near the Rafah crossing. The details were unclear. Several colleagues and I traveled to Rafah to find out what happened. After making several inquiries, we entered a Bedouin area several hundred meters north of Gaza’s border with Egypt and three kilometers from the Karm Abu Salem area of the Israeli border on the East. We followed a young … Continue reading
Video: Civil resistance in Palestine
22 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank
From Nablus, Palestine to New York City, civilians stand up to the forces of order and privilege.
Palestinian villagers confront the Zionist military of the State of Israel in Kusra and Kufr Kaddoum villages near Nablus, the occupied West Bank. The Jewish international opposition expresses its solidarity with the Palestinian struggle for freedom.
MPEG4 format available from the Alliance of Concerned Jewish Canadians saalaha@fokus.name & Tanweer Cultural Enlightenment Forum of Nablus mustafa.azizi@hotmail.com
Mustafa Azizi, the filmmaker, describes his production:
I am Mustafa Azizi, a Palestinian filmmaker from the people under occupation. My art offers images of the resulting occupation, carrying dreams of ordinary … Continue reading
Video: IDF caught in a lie about Tristan Anderson
by Allison Deger
16 March 2012 | Mondoweiss
Following a police investigation that closed with no criminal charges against the Israeli military, new video evidence in Tristan Anderson’s last round for justice—a civil suit—was brought forth, identifying the solider who injured the peace activist with a long-range tear gas canister in 2009. “Sergeant Jackie” is named as the border patrol officer who shot Anderson in the clip filmed by a Palestinian activist from Ni’lin, the village where Anderson was wounded.
In the video, Sgt. Jackie is with two other soldiers, walking towards Palestinians and activists … Continue reading
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