Author: ISM Media
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Update: ‘They are not the same as you’ – detention continues for Kufr Qaddoum prisoners
By Ben Greene, Ellie Marton, and Anna Conroy 17 October 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On Monday 15th October, Palestinian political prisoners Majd and Abdulateef Obeid appeared before a military court for a third time. Their lawyer argued that, as four international activists arrested at the same time with the same evidence had…
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Letter from International Activist Under House Arrest in Israel Asking for Support and Solidarity
September 25, 2012 Dear Friends of Palestine, I am writing to you from an apartment in Tel Aviv where I am under house arrest for standing in solidarity with Palestinians fighting a twelve-year road closure in their West Bank town of Kufr Qeddoum. This weekend, I spent forty eight hours in Israeli prisons. I was…
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Hebron: Soldiers invade Kurtuba School, attempt arrest
By Ruby Astaire 26 September | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Israeli soldiers invaded a Palestinian school in the city of Hebron with intentions to arrest two sixth grade students after false allegations of throwing stones at a nearby checkpoint. Israeli soldiers based in the Palestinian city of Hebron entered the Kurtuba school on Sunday…
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Israeli Military attempts to crush weekly Kufr Qaddum demonstration, 6 arrested (UPDATE)
By Eva Smith 21 September 2012 | International Solidarity Movement —————————————————— UPDATE 19:25, 23 Sept: Many, many thanks to our Israeli activist friends who have given so much of their time and energy to help us! We would not be able to navigate the legal system as smoothly as possible without their support. British citizens Gordon Bennett,…
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Take Action: Verdict in Corrie Case Requires U.S. Investigation
September 19 2012 | US Campaign to End the Occupation Urge the U.S. Government to Investigate Israel’s Attacks on Rachel and Others Rachel Corrie Rachel Corrie was a U.S. citizen and a human rights defender committed to ending Israel’s illegal demolition of Palestinian homes. According to the Israeli Committee against House Demolitions,Israel has demolished an estimated 27,000…