Year: 2011

  • Political organization, resistance, and education in Israeli prisons

    Political organization, resistance, and education in Israeli prisons

    by Alistair George and Ben Lorber 24 November 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Raed Atrash, 25, is a presenter and journalist working in Hebron; his work focuses on prisoner’s issues.  He interviews prisoners, ex-prisoners and their families, and he writes articles and presents programmes on the issue.  Issa Amro is the director of…

  • Dkaika: Israel continues to expel Bedouins

    Dkaika: Israel continues to expel Bedouins

    by Aida Gerard 23 November 2011  | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank The entire Bedouin village of Dkaika encounters demolitions, and all the villagers face expulsion. Every single construction of Dkaika has a demolition order totally over 75 demolition orders including a mosque, a school, a graveyard, water cisterns, housing tents, and folds for sheep.…

  • An interview with Amer Ahmad Al-Qwasmah, former prisoner

    An interview with Amer Ahmad Al-Qwasmah, former prisoner

    by Alistair George 23 November 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Amer Ahmad Al-Qwasmah, 45, was released on 18 October 2011 as part of the prisoner exchange deal that saw 477 Palestinian prisoners (with 550 to be released at a further time, thought to be in December) in exchange for Gilad Shalit, the Israeli…