3 October 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank As Palestinians in Salim began the first day of their annual olive harvest this morning, October 2nd, Israeli Occupation Forces locked the gate which gives those living in Salim access to ...
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Bil’in takes art as a means of resistance
30 September 2011 | Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlement of Bil’in Dozens of demonstrators were asphyxiated by tear gas during the weekly march organized by the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements in Bil’in. Present at the ...
Read More »The psychology and coping of Balata refugee camp
by Alistair George 30 September 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Balata refugee camp, 2km east outside of Nablus, in the North of the West Bank, is a densely packed grid of permanent buildings and tight streets, many narrower ...
Read More »Kufr Qaddoum demands access
by Alistair George 30 September 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Israeli military forces mounted an aggressive incursion into the centre of Kufr Qaddum today, in response to the weekly demonstration against the closure of the main road linking ...
Read More »The graffiti battle of Sheikh Jarrah
28 September 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank While Palestinian families continue to defend their right to reside in their homes in East Jerusalem, and while illegal Israeli settlers attempt to overtake whatever home or land to feed their ...
Read More »Observations from Hebron daily life
26 September 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank A child of about eight years old sneaks past a multitude of soldiers at as they hold back Al Rumeida residents from climbing the hill to their homes. He runs into ...
Read More »Extremist settler attacks shepherd and brutally abuses flock
28 September 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On the 17th of September Israeli colonists attacked a shepherd near Sha’ab el-Butom, resulting in several sheep injured and the arrest of the young shepherd. Sha’ab el-Butom is a small Bedouin village ...
Read More »Israeli military conceals information about possible nerve agent used by illegal, violent settlers
26 September 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On Sunday, September 25th, Riyadh Abu Armile was assaulted by settlers and the army in Hebron,causing for an open investigation by human rights groups as evidence suggests that settlers may have ...
Read More »The real cost of Al Rumeida roadblock
25 September 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank For the last three days Ahmed Sau and Khalil have been loading bushell loads of white building material on carts pulled by a horse and a donkey as they trek up the steep ...
Read More »Haiya of Qalandia Refugee Camp
24 September 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Haiya and her family are originally from a village called Ber Maael know called Mudaeen near what is now Tel Aviv. Haiya’s brother was a close friend of Ali Khaleefa, one ...
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