Author: ISM Media
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UPDATED: Army raids Burin’s cultural centre
12th April 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Burin, Occupied Palestine UPDATE 16th June: On Wednesday 12th of June Burin’s cultural centre was invaded again by the Israeli army. They entered the village at 2am breaking into the Bilal Najjar Cultural Centre and taking documents and the centre’s official stamp. The army spent around two hours…
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Interview with two Palestinian paramedics: “They don’t care if we are medics or not. They target everything”
16th June 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah Team | Nabi Saleh , Occupied Palestine M. and A. are two independent paramedics who regularly attend different protests against Israeli occupation of the West Bank. Israeli forces usually respond to Palestinian popular resistance with extreme violence, including the shooting of tear gas canisters, rubber coated steel bullets and…
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Settler Tour, settler harassment in occupied Khalil
16th June 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil Team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine On Saturday, June 15, Israeli settlers and occupation soldiers spread through the old city of Hebron as part of a very provocative weekly tour that disrupts the daily lives of Palestinians living in the area. This week, soldiers also invaded the homes…
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For Urif the price can never be high enough
15th June 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Urif, Occupied Palestine On Tuesday, 11th June, Israeli forces invaded the village of Urif and arrested nine youths between the ages of eighteen and twenty-seven. This incident is believed by the villagers to be related to the ‘price-tag’ settler attacks that the village suffered on…
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Israel bars children over eight from visiting fathers in prison
15th June 2013 | The Electronic Intifada, Joe Catron | Gaza City, Occupied Palestine On 20 May, Obeida Shamali visited his father, Ahmad Abd Alraheem Shamali, in Israel’s Nafha prison. It was the first time they had seen each other since Israeli forces captured Ahmad in August 2008. “I was very happy,” the seven-year-old said. He was…
