Category: Features
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Remembering Rachel Corrie
16th March 2019 | International Solidarity Movement, occupied Palestine Today marks the sixteenth anniversary since the passing of ISM activist Rachel Corrie. She was 23 at the time of her passing. Rachel was tragically crushed to death under the front blade of an Israeli military Caterpillar bulldozer near Rafah, in the southern region of the Gaza Strip. Rachel…
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Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian delivering legal documents at Rajabi House
March 13, 2019 | International Solidarity Movement, Al-Khalil team | Al-Khalil (Hebron), occupied Palestine Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian in Al-Khalil (Hebron) on Tuesday while attempting to distribute legal court documents. The Palestinian man was identified as 36-year-old Yasser Fawzi Shweiki. After the shooting, Shweiki’s body was dragged into the Rajabi House. 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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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…
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Hebron: non-violent protestors, press attacked by occupation forces
February 22, 2019 | International Solidarity Movement, Al-Khalil team | Al-Khalil, occupied Palestine This afternoon Israeli occupation forces attacked a non-violent demonstration organised by Palestinian civil society and attended by locals, internationals and Israelis. Protestors demanding an end to the illegal occupation of Al-Khalil were attacked by Israeli soldiers and border police who fired tear…
