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 ...
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Nabi Saleh: Israeli Soldiers Shoot 15 year old in the face with rubber coated steel bullet
by Jonathan Pollack 23 March 2012 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee The bullet shot from a short distance hit the boy in the face penetrating his right cheek and piercing it. Israeli Border Police officers shot a rubber-coated bullet at ...
Read More »Amani al Khandaqja, defender of prisoner rights, becomes a prisoner herself
by Robin and Axel 21 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Early Monday morning, on the 20th of March, Israeli soldiers raided a Palestinian home in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, terrorized a family and arrested ...
Read More »This Occupation is brought to you by Corporate America
by Paige 23 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank During a recent demonstration in Hebron (Al Khalil) demanding the opening of Shuhada street, protesters were subjected to something that could only have been thought up in the United States – ...
Read More »Awaiting release and hearings of local activists, Kufr Qaddoum met with more Israeli violence
by Robin and Leila 23 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank It was under a bright, sunny sky that the people of Kufr Qaddoum once again gathered to protest against the roadblock which isolates them from the rest of the ...
Read More »A family’s nightmare: Beaten and kidnapped by illegal settlers near Qadumim as Israeli military facilitates the crime
by Jonas Weber 23 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank A family of four was kidnapped by settlers on Thursday afternoon while having a picnic close by an outpost near Qadumim. When soldiers arrived at the scene they chased away ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »Settlers grab Palestinian water springs: U.N. report
by Jihan Abdallah 19 March 2012 | Reuters (Reuters) – Jewish settlers have seized dozens of natural springs in the occupied West Bank, barring Palestinians or limiting their access to scarce water sources, a United Nations report said on Monday. ...
Read More »Rachel Corrie & Hana Shalabi: Flowers among thistles of Israeli occupation
by Nathan Stuckey 21 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza Rachel Corrie was murdered nine years ago by an Israeli bulldozer. Hana Shalabi has spent the last 34 days on hunger strike an Israeli prison, yet she is accused ...
Read More »Attacked and arrested: Kufr Qaddoum anticipates an even larger demonstration following Israeli violence last week
by Jonas 21 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Last Friday two people were injured and two arrested when the repression of the Israeli army came down on the regular demonstration at Kufr Qaddoum. Attack dogs were used to frighten ...
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