Author: ISM Media
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Prayers end with tear gas in Ras Karkar
March 8, 2019 | International Solidarity Movement, Al-Khalil team | Ras Karkar, occupied Palestine This Friday, the inhabitants of the villages around Mount al-Risan–where an outpost has been established by illegal settlers on Palestinian land–gathered for a day of peaceful protest and prayer. As soon as the religious ritual ended, the military ritual began. Before…
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Settlers call the shots in Al-Khalil
February, 2019 | International Solidarity Movement, Al-Khalil team | Ramallah, occupied Palestine Last week, a notoriously violent and antagonistic Israeli settler Ofer, who calls for the extermination of Palestinians, had me arrested and detained by the Israeli police, and if I was Palestinian, I could have been killed. Furthermore, this was another incident demonstrating the…
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Women from across Palestine gather in Khan al-Ahmar, call for resistance
March 6, 2019 | International Solidarity Movement, Al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Hundreds of women from all over Palestine met in Khan al-Ahmar on Wednesday March 6. The meeting was a response to a call for solidarity made by the General Union of Palestinian women and the residents of Khan al-Ahmar, as…
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Palestinians in prayer shot with rubber-coated steel bullets, tear gas.
March 01, 2019 | International Solidarity Movement, Al-Khalil team | Ramallah, occupied Palestine Non-violent peaceful protesters met with tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets in Ras Karkar. In 2018, settlers invaded land atop al-Risan Mountain, which overlooks the three villages Ras Karkar, Kafr Ni’ma and Kharbatha Bani Harith. Since then local Palestinians have gathered in…
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On beauty in Al-Khalil
February 2019 | International Solidarity Movement, Al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine I have spent about 30 days in Al-Khalil this year. A short stay by ISM standards, and nothing compared to the tens of thousands of people who call this place home. Despite this, I already feel that the city has got under my…
