Year: 2013

  • UPDATE: Two arrested in Nabi Saleh weekly protest

    7th June 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah Team | Nabi Saleh, Occupied Palestine SECOND UPDATE:  The two boys, Tamim & Mo’men have now been released. UPDATE: Tamim (19) and Mo’men (16) Tamimi are currently under interrogation and will remain in prison until at least Sunday. ******* Today’s weekly protest in Nabi Saleh was met…

  • Palestinian farmer wounded by Israeli army fire

    Palestinian farmer wounded by Israeli army fire

    7th June 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Rosa Schiano | Gaza, Occupied Palestine Sunday morning a young Palestinian farmer was wounded by Israeli army fire in an area called Abu Safiyeh, East of Jabalia, in the Northern Gaza Strip. The young man, Ahmad Hamdan, 21, was rushed to the hospital Kamal Odwan. We went to…

  • Video: Reality of life for fishermen in Gaza – 6 miles of sea

    6th June 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Gal·la | Gaza, Occupied Palestine Zakaria Baker, head of the committee for fishermen in Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC) explains the reality for fishermen in Gaza, following Israel re-extending the permitted sailing area for Palestinians from three to six nautical miles. Despite this ‘allowance’, Palestinian fishermen have recently…

  • Farming in Khuza’a, Gaza Strip

    Farming in Khuza’a, Gaza Strip

    5th June 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Gal·la | Gaza, Occupied Palestine Farmers are working in Gaza buffer zone under threat of Israeli soldiers, tanks, bullets, etc. This video shows the difficulty of daily life for farmers in Khuza’a, south of Gaza Strip.

  • After the flames, only determination remains in Burin and Madama

    3rd June 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Burin and Madama, Occupied Palestine On Monday 3rd June, around a dozen settlers from the illegal colony of Yizhar set fire to Palestinian’s fields in the villages of Burin and Madama, destroying at least 50 acres of arable land with olive trees. The settlers were…