Author: ISM Media
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“The Palestinian cause is a cause for all free people in the world, regardless of their cultures, backgrounds, religions, or ethnicities” – an interview with Archbishop Atallah Hanna
On Wednesday, August 23, ISM volunteers met with Archbishop of Sebastia, Atallah Hanna, to discuss solidarity with the Palestinian struggle and the conditions of Palestinian Christians under the occupation. The Archbishop is an outspoken critic of the occupation and has been arrested in the past and had his passports seized by the IOF for his…
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An unbreakable will
“I will go on a hunger strike until I get freedom or martyrdom.” This is what the prisoner Maher Al-Akhras (52), from the village of Hajjah, Jenin district, said after the Israeli occupation forces raided his house and arrested him without charges last Thursday night, August 24. The prisoner Maher works as a farmer. He…
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An ISM diary, July-August 2023
This is a diary kept by two UK-based volunteers with the ISM, Willow and Kevin, during some of their recent trip to Palestine. Day 1 – Colonial violence In the few days since arriving in Palestine we have already been repeatedly reminded of the extent of the violence which is perpetrated on a daily basis…
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Increase in settler violence and threat of school demolition in Masafer Yatta
Following the killing of an Israeli settler in Hebron on Monday 14 August, there has been an increase in the threat and use of violence by Israeli settlers in Masafer Yatta. On Tuesday, three settlers from the illegal Israeli outpost of Avat Ma’on arrived in the village of Tuba with their flock, and got provocatively…
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Palestinian child looses leg after Israeli occupation invades Nur Shams Camp
On Monday July 24, 16 year old Mohammed Zendiq lost his leg during the invasion of Nur Shams refugee camp, near Tulkarem, by the Israeli Occupation Forces. In the 4 hour long invasion, the IOF accompanied by a military bulldozer caused serious material damage to the camp’s main streets and infrastructures as well as private…