Author: swing

  • Moving the Goalposts: Delaying Palestinian Football Justice

    Moving the Goalposts: Delaying Palestinian Football Justice

    Originally published by Visualizing Palestine For many years, the Israeli football association has given membership status to six teams that play in illegal settlements built on Palestinian land in the West Bank. This is in direct violation of FIFA’s rules, which state that permission is needed to play matches on another member’s territory. Instead of…

  • Help Josefin get her visa to stay with her husband in Hebron

    Help Josefin get her visa to stay with her husband in Hebron

    5th March 2016 | Hebron, occupied Hebron 25-year old Social Work student Josefin Herbach from Germany and 23-year old Abd Elrahman met doing human rights work in occupied Hebron. They were married on the 11th of November, and as Josefin planned to stay in Hebron to live with her husband, she applied for a “spouse…

  • On the 1st of March, join our day of action to #EndHebronMilitaryZone

    On the 1st of March, join our day of action to #EndHebronMilitaryZone

    February 29th, 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil team | al-Khalil, occupied Palestine It has now been four months since the Israeli military declared part of Hebron a “closed military zone” in which Palestinian residents are no longer free to move, even to reach their homes. For the last four months, Palestinians and internationals have…