Year: 2012

  • Gaza: The march for prisoners within a prison

    Gaza: The march for prisoners within a prison

    by Nathan Stuckey 18 April 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza April 17th is Palestinain Prisoners Day.  All over Palestine demonstrations were held in solidarity with the approximately 5,000 prisoners still held in the occupations jails.  Bait Hanoun was no exception, this week the weekly demonstration against the occupation and the no go zones were…

  • Israeli army demolish houses and wells in Kufr ad Dik

    by Aura and Robin  17 April 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Early Monday morning the IOF came to Kufr ad-Dik and demolished three houses and three water wells, along with several tents belonging to Bedouin families nearby. Settlements Bruchin, Alei Zahav, and Pedu’el are expanding quickly, claiming more and more Palestinian land and making life…

  • “We will live in dignity:” Palestinian political prisoners begin mass hunger strike

    17 April 2012 | Al Haq As an organisation dedicated to the promotion and protection of Palestinian human rights, Al-Haq would like to take the opportunity of Palestinian Prisoners’ Day to highlight the ongoing violation of the rights of Palestinians incarcerated in Israeli prisons, many of whom are interned without charge or trial. The continuing…

  • For immediate release: Cyclists attacked by soldier in the Jordan Valley seek legal action

    17 April 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank For Immediate Release April 17, 2012: Cyclists attacked by soldier in the Jordan Valley seek legal action Danish activist Andreas was attacked by Israeli commander Lt.-Col. Shalom Eisner during an unarmed demonstration in the Jordan Valley on April 14th. (See video). Dutch activist Mira and a…

  • West Bank activists remember the life of ISM justice Activist Vittorio Arrigoni

    West Bank activists remember the life of ISM justice Activist Vittorio Arrigoni

    by Sydney 16 April 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Palestinians and International activists celebrated with the spirit of Vittorio Arrigoni this week across Palestine. Memorial events were held to mark the one year anniversary of his murder: two in Al-Khalil (Hebron) with members of the Hebron Defense Committee and Youth Against Settlements and…