Author: ISM Media

  • The water in Gaza is not only water

    The water in Gaza is not only water

    22nd November 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Charlie Andreasson | Gaza, Occupied Palestine I was just going to make dinner when I realized the filtered water in my tank was almost done. Perhaps it would be enough if I used the last of my bottled water. But then I would have nothing to drink with my…

  • Sewage flows in Gaza streets for 18 hours a day

    Sewage flows in Gaza streets for 18 hours a day

    21st November 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Rosa Schiano | Gaza, Occupied Palestine The lack of electricity in the Gaza Strip is also creating an environmental crisis.  Wastewater treatment facilities have stopped due to the lack of fuel. In the Zeitoun neighborhood, in the east of Gaza City, a sewage pumping station has stopped working…

  • Demonstration in Ya’bad is violently repressed by Israeli forces

    Demonstration in Ya’bad is violently repressed by Israeli forces

    21st November 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Ya’bad, Occupied Palestine Yesterday in the village of Ya’bad, a peaceful protest was violently repressed by Israeli forces through the use of tear gas canisters, stun grenades and rubber-coated steel bullets. Demonstrators were directly targeted by Israeli soldiers, five Palestinians were injured and two were…