Author: ISM Media

  • Human Rights Defender Abdullah Abu Rahma arrested and detained

    Human Rights Defender Abdullah Abu Rahma arrested and detained

    15th May 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil Team | Bil’in, occupied Palestine UPDATE 23d of May 2016: Abdullah was released from military prison on the evening of the 22nd. He must return to military court on the first of June for a hearing of the appeal of the military prosecution against the decision to…

  • Al-Nakba day: The biggest crisis in the history of Palestine

    Al-Nakba day: The biggest crisis in the history of Palestine

    15th May 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Occupied Palestine Today, 68 years ago, the state of Israel was created on the Palestinian peoples’ home. The anniversary falls after a winter and spring with an escalation in violence and arrests of Palestinians, ever-expanding Israeli settlements in the West Bank and the Palestinian capital…

  • Celebrating Israeli Independence day from the other side of apartheid fence

    Celebrating Israeli Independence day from the other side of apartheid fence

    13th May 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, Verena, Al Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Leaving the meeting I was searching for a safe way to go through the old City of Hebron alone, where there was a celebration of ”Israeli Independence day” going on. I wanted to reach my ISM team members who were already patrolling there.…

  • Open The Zone: press conference

    Open The Zone: press conference

    13th May 2016 | Open the Zone campaign | Hebron, occupied Palestine On 12th May 2016, the Open the Zone campaign held a press conference in front of Shuahda checkpoint in Hebron – protesting the continuous collective punishment and denial of human rights to Palestinians in the ‘closed military zone’. The press conference was launched…

  • Open The Zone – twitter storm

    Open The Zone – twitter storm

    10th May 2016 | Open The Zone campaign | Hebron, occupied Palestine Take action to end the closed military zone in Hebron and join our twitter storm and thunderclap campaign! Take a stand against the forced closure of Shuhada Street and the neighbourhood of Tel Rumeida in Hebron. The area has been a ‘closed military…