Author: ISM Media

  • 20 Palestinian detained children started a hunger strike in Hasharon prison

    13 June 2012 | Palestinian Information Center, Gaza Twenty Palestinian children, detained in Hasharon prison, launched on Tuesday June 12, an open hunger strike protesting the harsh prison conditions and the prison administration’s neglect of their demands. A 17-years-old child Ahmed Lafi, who was one of the strikers, told the Ministry of the prisoners in…

  • Issa Amro, coordinator of Youth Against Settlements, arrested at border on way to speaking tour

    15 June 2012 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee Issa Amro, Coordinator of Youth Against Settlements, was stopped last night by Israeli authorities at the Allenby Bridge. He was arrested and taken to Hebron police station, where he was interrogated for hours on suspicion of involvement in organizing the women’s action that took place in Hebron…

  • Palestine: Finding the Will to Resist

    By Abir Kopty 4 June 2012 | Al-Akhbar English During the latest wave of hunger strikes, many Palestinian movements emerged in support of the strikers’ struggle. It is clear that there is persistent action on the ground, but it is still limited to the active circles connected to the families of the prisoners. At the…

  • Hebron: gathering to commemorate Naksa Day

    By Sunny 4 June 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On June 5, 2012, Palestinians will gather in the streets of Al Khalil (Hebron) to memorialize Naksa Day.  ThisNaksa Day marks the 45th year of the illegal occupation of Palestinian land by Israel, as a result of the 1967 war, leading to the displacement…

  • The war on Palestinian soccer: Free Mahmoud Sarsak

    By Ramzy Baroud 4 June 2012 | Press TV: Viewpoints On June 3, Palestinian national soccer team member Mahmoud Sarsak completed 80 days of a grueling hunger-strike. He had sustained the strike despite the fact that nearly 2,000 Palestinian inmates had called off their own 28-day hunger strike weeks ago. Although the story of Palestinian…