Year: 2013
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Sixteen-year-old boy blindfolded and arrested late at night without evidence
27th May 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Team Al Khalil | Hebron, Occupied Palestine Following the events of the settler tour during yesterday afternoon Fuad Asem al Batsh, a sixteen-year-old minor, was arrested in Hebron without any evidence or court decision. He was released after about an hour. It was at 10 pm in the old…
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Life in Hebron disrupted by another settler “tour”
26th May 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Team Al Khalil | Hebron, Occupied Palestine Yesterday the illegal settlers of the city of Al Khalil/Hebron held a walk through the Palestinian souq and nearby neighbourhoods. Prior to this, Israeli forces entered Palestinian homes, occupying roof tops. Throughout the tour Palestinian movement was restricted, and the soldiers…
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“We will stand in front of the bulldozers” – Beit Dajan homes threatened with demolition
25th May 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Team Nablus | Beit Dajan, Occupied Palestine Five houses are facing demolition orders on the outskirts of Beit Dajan, a village located 10 kilometers east of Nablus. In the last month the Israeli Army have entered the village and presented residents of three of the homes with demolition…
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Kafr Qaddum – Blocked from life’s basics; pushed back when doing something about it
24th May 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Kafr Qaddum, Occupied Palestine Tear-gas showered down on villagers in Kafr Qaddum yesterday, nearly blinding one media worker in a direct hit and nearly suffocating a child as villagers protested the roadblock that has hindered their lives for a full decade. The villager’s own stone…
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Photo essay: Gas, frisbees and the Apartheid Wall in Ni’lin
24th May 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Team Nablus | Ni’lin, Occupied Palestine Friday demonstrations continue in the village of Ni’lin in protest against the Occupation and Apartheid Wall which runs through the village’s land. Background on the effects of the Occupation in Ni’lin is here. During this particular demonstration on the 24th May 2013,…