Category: Features
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Israel begins demolition of Khan Al Ahmar and uses violence against peaceful protesters
International Solidarity Movement, Khan Al Ahmar, Palestine Friday 6th June This week, Israeli forces began preparing for the demolition of the Bedouin village Al-Khan Al-Ahmar, in between Jerusalem and Jericho in the West Bank of Palestine. They met village residents and protesters with extreme violence on Wednesday and Thursday in an attempt to clear the…
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The four year anniversary of the murder of Mohammed Abu Khdeir
The 2nd of July 2018 is four years to the day since the kidnapping and murder of Mohammed Abu Khdeir, a 16 year old Palestinian boy from Shu’fat in East Jerusalem. The shocking nature of his murder and its context, occurring only 6 days before Israeli bombing campaigns in Gaza, make it a painful memory…
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“I just want him to be a normal boy again’: Gaza family appeal for urgent help to support treatment of 11 year old Mahmoud who was shot in the face by an Israeli sniper
Mahmoud Sawalhi is an 11 year-old boy from Gaza who was shot in the head and the shoulder with live ammunition by an Israeli sniper on the 14th May Great Return March protests. A bullet passed through his eye and out of the top of his head, and he lost both his eye and…
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‘The camera is our peaceful weapon’: In conversation with the youngest activists in Hebron
Translated by Badee Dueik and interpreted for written article by ISM members Abdullah and Saleh live with their families in the Tel Rumeida area of occupied Hebron, under Israeli control. They are both twelve, and have been best friends for around four years. They are the youngest members of Human Rights Defenders (HRD), a collective…
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Summer of Return 2018
This is a call for all those who believe in justice, equality and freedom to come to Palestine and support the Palestinian struggle for liberation. The International Solidarity Movement is looking for volunteers from now until the end of August to join the Summer of Return campaign. Volunteers will assist actions across Palestine that raise…
