Category: Features
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Waiting at a checkpoint
An ISM activist writes about her experiences volunteering in Hebron (Al Khalil) during Netanyahu’s visit to the city.
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20 arrested as activists raise Palestinian flag in settlement
Over a hundred Palestinian and international activists entered an illegal Israeli settlement and raised the Palestinian flag on Saturday, October 26. Settlers and Israeli Occupation Forces responded violently to the peaceful protest, firing tear gas and flash grenades and arresting at least 20 people, including nine internationals and seven journalists.
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Grandson of Holocaust survivors deported from Israel for volunteering
An Austrian citizen of Jewish origin and grandson of Holocaust survivors was banned yesterday from entering Israel on suspicion of volunteering in Palestine. After being interrogated, searched, and held for 6 hours at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport, Edmond Sichrovsky, 23, was forcibly deported to Amman, Jordan.