Author: ISM Media

  • The checkpoint regime: Israel and the fragmentation of Palestinian society

    The checkpoint regime: Israel and the fragmentation of Palestinian society

    31st January 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine There are 17 permanent checkpoints in the H2 area under full Israeli military control in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron), manned by Israeli forces and impeding Palestinian freedom of movement. The official rhetoric of the Israeli government is that these checkpoints serve ‘security purposes’.…

  • Abusive harassment of Human Rights Defenders in Bil’in continues

    Abusive harassment of Human Rights Defenders in Bil’in continues

    27 January 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, Bilin , occupied Palestine  Abdullah Abu Rahmah was released by an Israeli military judge on Tuesday night the 24th of January after being arrested when he attended a court hearing. He had been home for 24 hours when at 1AM Thursday the 26th, thirty masked, armed soldiers surrounded…

  • Sebastiya will not be ruined

    Sebastiya will not be ruined

    24 January 2017 | International Solidarity Movement| occupied Palestine The Israeli Forces have been making their presence known in Sebastiya almost daily; sometimes just for show, and other times with bulldozers under the guise of ‘maintence and cleaning’.  But, when exactly did a bulldozer ever clean up a site? Instead, what they are doing is…