Year: 2013

  • Cars burnt by settlers in Huwwara

    Cars burnt by settlers in Huwwara

    2nd October 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Huwwara, Occupied Palestine In the early hours of 1st October settlers from the settlement of Bracha set fire to two cars parked outside the house of Edrees Shehadeh in Huwwara. This attack forms part of a sustained campaign of intimidation against the village, which includes…

  • Photos: Detainees’ families and supporters hold weekly vigil in Gaza Red Cross

    Photos: Detainees’ families and supporters hold weekly vigil in Gaza Red Cross

    2nd October 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza Team | Gaza, Occupied Palestine On Monday morning, hundreds held a weekly sit-in in the International Committee of the Red Cross’ Gaza City office to support Palestinians detained by Israel. The regular gathering, which began in 1995 and has continued for nearly two decades, brings together families…

  • VIDEO: Israeli soldiers fire tear gas canisters and stun grenades at school children

    VIDEO: Israeli soldiers fire tear gas canisters and stun grenades at school children

    1st October 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil Team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine This morning, Tuesday 1st October, Israeli soldiers fired two tear gas canisters and four stun grenades at children on their way to school. In this case, a few children threw stones and pebbles at Israeli forces as the soldiers stood watching them…

  • Photos and video: Israeli forces teargas Palestinian demonstrators at Intifada march east of Gaza

    Photos and video: Israeli forces teargas Palestinian demonstrators at Intifada march east of Gaza

    29th September 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza Team | Gaza, Occupied Palestine On Friday afternoon, Israeli forces fired tear gas canisters at Palestinian demonstrators during a protest by the Nahal Oz checkpoint east of Gaza City. The demonstration followed a march from Palestine Square (al-Saha) organized by the Intifada Youth Coalition to commemorate the…

  • Settlers burn olive trees in Sarta

    Settlers burn olive trees in Sarta

    27th September 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Sarta, Occupied Palestine Settlers burnt around 35 olive trees in the Palestinian village of Sarta late on Thursday night, following the area being declared a closed military zone in preparation for the construction of a new settler road. Around 60 settlers from the illegal Bruchin settlement and…