Category: Action Alerts

Join ISM: Training in London—January 26, 2019

ISM London is offering a day of pre-training for prospective volunteers who are interested in joining the International Solidarity Movement on the ground in Palestine.
Any volunteer is required to participate in training before joining activities in Palestine.

Attending the training session in London will give you a chance to get a first impression of ISM and the kind of work you would be doing, receive training, connect with former volunteers and have your questions answered.

The training will take place on January 6, 2019:
Time: 10:30-16

Venue: LARC (London Action Resource Center)
62 Fieldgate St
Whitechapel
London
E1 1ES

To sign up for the training, please contact training.ismlondon@riseup.net

 

 

Join ISM: Training in London—October 6, 2018

ISM London is offering a day of pre-training for prospective volunteers who are interested in joining the International Solidarity Movement on the ground in Palestine.

Any volunteer is required to participate in training before joining activities in Palestine. Attending the training session in London will give you a chance to get a first impression of ISM and the kind of work you would be doing, receive training, connect with former volunteers and have your questions answered.

The training will take place on October 6, 2018:

Time: 10:30-16
Venue: LARC (London Action Resource Center)
62 Fieldgate St
Whitechapel
London
E1 1ES

To sign up for the training, please contact training.ismlondon@riseup.net

Call to action: Olive Harvest 2018 – Join ISM now!

International Solidarity Movement | Ramallah, occupied Palestine

Like here in Kafr ad-Dik illegal Israeli settlements were built close to the Palestinian farmers land. Settlers are not hesitant to harass and threaten the Palestinian families during the harvest.

Tthe International Solidarity Movement (ISM) is issuing an urgent call for volunteers to join us for the 2018 Olive Harvest Campaign at the invitation of Palestinian communities.

The olive tree is a national symbol for Palestinians. As thousands of olive trees have been bulldozed, uprooted and burned by Israeli settlers and the military —over half a million olive and fruit trees have been destroyed since September 2000—harvesting has become more than a source of livelihood; it has become a form of resistance.

The olive harvest is an annual affirmation of Palestinians’ historical, spiritual, and economic connection to their land, and a rejection of Israeli efforts to seize it. Despite efforts by Israeli settlers and soldiers to prevent them from accessing their land, Palestinian communities have remained steadfast in refusing to give up their olive harvest.

ISM volunteers join Palestinian farming communities “on the ground” each year to harvest olives, in areas where Palestinians face settler and military violence when working their land. Frequently, the Israeli administration sets farmers a very limited access and time to harvest their olives. In some areas, Palestinians face settler and military violence when working their land and harvesting their olives. Your presence can make a big difference, with Palestinian communities stating that the presence of international volunteers reduces the risk of extreme violence from Israeli settlers and the Israeli army.

We support Palestinians’ assertion of their right to earn their livelihoods and be present on their lands. International solidarity activists engage in non-violent intervention and documentation:practical support which enables many families to pick their olives.

The harvest will begin in early-October and run until mid-November.  We request a minimum two-week commitment from volunteers but stress that long-termers are needed as well.  We kindly ask volunteers to start arriving in the first week of October, so team are trained and well prepared when the harvest begins.

Training

ISM will host mandatory two-day training sessions for prospective volunteers before they do any work on the ground.

Please send an email to ismtraining@riseup.net to register as a volunteer.

Other ways to help: Donate

For those who can’t make it on this period and want to help they can donate or help in fundraising money.

  • Donating will help provide funds for farmers to hire unemployed Palestinians during olive harvest; especially women with little or no other income, university students wanting to earn money to cover school fees and living expenses, graduates waiting to get a paying job or others in need.
  • The main benefits of hiring Palestinians for olive harvest include: (1) supporting unemployed workers; (2) encouraging more Palestinians to work the land, to join their neighbours, to support the farmers; (3) getting more people “on the ground” supporting olive harvest, and ensuring a higher proportion of Palestinians to internationals; (4) enabling internationals to focus more on their special role as needed (recording, documentation, protection) versus just harvesting olives.
  • Your donation would enable ISM to contribute 50% of each wage a farmer pays to otherwise unemployed Palestinians, which will ensure a fair wage to the workers and still be affordable for the farmers. Your donation of US$30-40 or EUR25-35 (both about NIS100-150) can pay the wages of a harvester for one or two days with the contribution of a farmer.

Click here to make a donation

Ongoing campaigns

In addition to the olive harvest, there will be opportunities to participate in others kinds of grass-roots, non-violent resistance in Palestine.

ISM maintains a constant presence in Hebron (Al-Khalil), where settler harassment and violence is a regular occurrence. Lately, Israeli army violence has escalated for Palestinians living close to the illegal inner-city settlement. Israeli forces use Palestinian neighborhoods for military training, and heavily repress any form of resistance, responding with collective punishment as they lob dozens of teargas canisters and stun grenades onto Hebron’s population: even schoolchildren. With harassment, humiliation and violence a daily occurrence, ISM is present to document these extremely violent responses, and to serve as a protective presence by joining children and teachers going to school and make sure they return safely (school runs).

Amongst other places, ISM practices documentation and presence in the Jordan Valley, Umm Al-Kheir (South Hebron Hills) and Khan Al-Ahmar to stand up against cleansing.

In addition to these activities, we participate in the weekly demonstrations in different regions in the West Bank, for example in Bel’in and Kafr Qadum where our presence is requested, protesters face excessive force by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) and are threatened with house demolition orders, all adding up to ethnic cleansing.
Other regions where ISM is asked to participate against the Occupying power’s violations of Human Rights and other International Laws is in Occupied East-Jerusalem and areas in 48.

Experiencing the situation for yourself is vital to adequately convey the reality of life in Palestine to your home communities and to re-frame the debate in a way that will expose Israel’s apartheid policies; creeping ethnic cleansing in the West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem as well as collective punishment and genocidal practices in Gaza.

In Solidarity,

ISM Palestine

Salama remembers Razan

In response to a call for solidarity from Gazan women, a Jewish activist group dubbed “Return” gathered to hold a memorial for Razan AlNajar, at the location of her village of origin, Salameh.

While thousands of women marched towards the border in the Saja’iya area in Gaza, the activists held a ceremony honoring Razan and the protesters shot dead by Israeli snipers. The activist called for the implementation of the right of return and hung photos of the slain protesters placing flowers and candles on a structure that proceeded the Zionist state.

The steering committee of the Great march of return  published  a call   for people to commemorate the fallen protesters. Return has been organizing commemorations inside historical Palestine in locations including the Gaza border fence and the Israeli parliment. Other such memorials are taking place around the world.

The protestors changed Hertzel streets on the road between Salamah and Jaffa to Al-Awda street and Ben-Zvi street to Razan Al-Najar street.

“Razan did not see Salama, but she and all the refugees who are not present here physically are always present here with us, as a void an absence, something that is missing here until their inevitable return. ” stated one of the activists.

Call to action from Gaza نداء من غزة Un Llamado a la Acción desde Gaza

Español después de inglés y árabe  بالعربية بعد الانجليزية

A Call to Action from Gaza!

Palestinian organisations in Gaza are calling upon all people of conscience around the world, to make posters of the fallen heroes of the recent Great March of Return and plaster these all over your cities and towns, especially opposite Israeli and American embassies. This is an action that will greatly benefit the visibility of our cause!

PDF files of the fallen demonstrators can be found here : https://tinyurl.com/y96mb76m
Please send pictures or videos of your action with statement of support for the Right of Return and the Great March of Return to: greatmarchsolidarity@gmail.com

Following the media coverage of the massacre that Israel carried out against us on the first day of our march, we have been receiving less and less media coverage.Yet more and more of us are being killed every day. Gaza has been bombarded night and day too. Since the start of the Great March of Return, over 135 unarmed protesters have been shot dead and more than 14,000 wounded by the occupation forces, including children, medical staff, journalists, and the disabled. Gaza’s health system has been pushed to the brink of collapse, as hospitals struggle to handle an influx of serious and life-threatening injuries.

Help keep the freedom of Palestinians and the right to return in the spotlight!

Signed:
Great March of Return-Steering Committee
The Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions (PGFTU)
University Teachers’ Association in Palestine
Palestinian Students’ Campaign for the Academic Boycott of Israel Al-Aqsa University
One Democratic State Group
Voices Against Israeli Apartheid

 

نداء من غزة
25.6.2018

غزة المحاصرة—فلسطين المحتلة

تناشد قطاعات المجتمع المدني الموقعة أدناه في غزة جميع أصحاب الضمائر الحيَة في جميع أنحاء العالم لطباعة صور شهداء مسيرة العودة الأبطال وتعليقها في جميع أنحاء المُدن والبلدان حول العالم وخاصة مقابل السفارات الإسرائيلية والأمريكية.

من الملاحظ أن التغطية الإعلامية لقضيتنا قد خفتت مقارنة بالأيام الأولى من مسيرة العودة على الرغم من قيام قوات الاحتلال الإسرائيلي بقتل أكثر من 135 متظاهرًا أعزلًا وإصابة أكثر من 14،000 من بينهم أطفال وطواقم طبية وصحفيون وذوو احتياجات خاصة، عجزت مستشفيات قطاع غزة عن استيعابهم بعد أن وصل النظام الصحي في غزة إلى حافة الانهيار، حيث تعاني المستشفيات الويلات في تعاملها مع فيضان الإصابات الخطيرة والقاتلة.

يمكنكم العثور على صور للشهداء على شكل ملفات PDFمن هنا: https://tinyurl.com/y96mb76m

يُرجى إرسال صور أو مقاطع فيديو لمساهماتكم في هذه الفعالية مع كتابة جملة توضيحية عن الفعالية لدعم حق العودة ومسيرة العودة الكبرى إلى العنوان التالي:

greatmarchsolidarity@gmail.com

شارك في تسليط الضوء على حق الشعب الفلسطيني في الحريةو العودة!

الموقعون:

اللجنة التوجيهية لمسيرة العودة الكبرى

الاتحاد العام لنقابات عمال فلسطين (PGFTU)

جمعية أساتذة الجامعات في فلسطين

حملة طلاب فلسطين للمقاطعة الأكاديمية لإسرائيل- فرع جامعة الأقصى

مجموعة الدولة الديمقراطية الواحدة

أصوات ضد الفصل العنصري الإسرائيلي

Un Llamado a la Acción desde Gaza:

Llena tu Ciudad con Posters de los Héroes de la Gran Marcha del Retorno
Organizaciones palestinas en Gaza están llamando a todas las personas de consciencia del mundo a para hacer posters de los héroes caídos en la reciente Gran Marcha del Retorno y pegarlos en todas las partes de sus ciudades, especialmente al frente de las embajadas de Israel y EEUU. ¡Esta es una acción que ayudará a visibilizar enormemente nuestra causa!
Los archivos PDF de los héroes caídos se encuentran acá : https://tinyurl.com/y96mb76m
Por favor manden fotos o videos de sus acciones con una declaración de apoyo al Derecho al Retorno y la Gran Marcha del Retorno acá: greatmarchsolidarity@gmail.com

Después de la cobertura en los medios de la masacre que Israel cometió contra nosotros durante el primer día de nuestra marcha, hemos estado recibiendo cada vez menos atención en los medios. Sin embargo, nos están matando cada día más. Gaza también ha sido bombardeada día y noche. Desde que comenzó la Gran Marcha del Retorno, más de 135 manifestantes desarmados han sido asesinados y más de 14.000 heridos por las fuerzas de la ocupación, incluyendo niños, médicos, periodistas y discapacitados. El sistema de salud de Gaza ha llegado al borde del colapso, a medida que los hospitales luchan para responder a la demanda de heridos graves y en peligro de muerte.
¡Ayuda a mantener la libertad de los palestinos y el derecho al retorno visible en el mundo!

Organizaciones firmantes:
Great March of Return-Steering Committee
The Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions (PGFTU)
University Teachers’ Association in Palestine
Palestinian Students’ Campaign for the Academic Boycott of Israel Al-Aqsa University
One Democratic State Group
Voices Against Israeli Apartheid
Fuente: http://mondoweiss.net/2018/06/posters-return-heroes/