Author: ISM Media

  • A personal account of detention, racism and broken rules

    A personal account of detention, racism and broken rules

    May 8, 2019 | International Solidarity Movement, Al-Khalil team | Al-Khalil (Hebron), occupied Palestine The neighborhood of Salaymeh next to Salaymeh checkpoint (160) has been the center of tensions between Palestinians and the Israelis in the city of Al-Khalil (Hebron). This checkpoint cuts off an already poor and struggling neighborhood from the rest of the…

  • 3 minutes after people finish praying at the al-Risan hill, the Israeli army fire tear gas; Protestors never give up

    3 minutes after people finish praying at the al-Risan hill, the Israeli army fire tear gas; Protestors never give up

    April 26, 2019 | International Solidarity Movement | Mount al-Risan, occupied Palestine This Friday a large group of worshippers gathered for prayers at Mount al-Risan. When they arrived, two groups of Israeli military were already on each side of the valley waiting for them. The worshippers prayed together in front of the hill, as always…

  • Protesters take the hilltop

    Protesters take the hilltop

    April 19, 2019 | International Solidarity Movement | Kafr Qaddum, occupied Palestine Soldiers shoot live ammunition, rubber-coated steel bullets and stun grenades at protesters in the weekly Friday demonstration in Kafr Quaddum. Several Palestinians, a minor and an international were shot by rubber-coated steel bullets and a French international was beaten and arrested by Israeli…

  • 8th anniversary of the death of Vittorio Arrigoni

    8th anniversary of the death of Vittorio Arrigoni

    16th April 2019 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Gaza, occupied Palestine This week marks the 8th anniversary of the death of Vittorio Arrigoni, a journalist and an italian activist working with the International Solidarity Movement in Gaza. On April 16th 2011, when Arrigoni was 36 years old, his body was found in Gaza…

  • School Children bombarded with teargas by soldiers in Al-Khalil

    School Children bombarded with teargas by soldiers in Al-Khalil

    April 14, 2019 | International Solidarity Movement, Al-Khalil team | Al-Khalil (Hebron), occupied Palestine Israeli occupation forces shoot huge amounts of tear gas at school children near Al-Salaymeh checkpoint in Al-Khalil.  Soldiers further confiscate the car keys of every Palestinian driver in the area.   Around 8am soldiers shot tear gas and stun grenades at school…