9th April 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, Al-Khalil Team | Bil’in, occupied Palestine The weekly protest took place in Bil’in on Friday April 8th, as it has done every Friday for over a decade. Around 35 protesters, a mix ...
Read More »IOF Military Training Exercises in the Jordan Valley
4th April 2016|International Solidarity Movement | Al-Khalil Team, occupied Palestine In the north of the Jordan Valley, and adjacent to the town of Tubass, are three agricultural communities: Yarza (with 4 families), Ibzk (13 families) and Samre (11 families). These ...
Read More »Ali Jiddah – an alternative tour guide
6th April 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah Team | Jerusalem, Occupied Palestine Ali greets us international activists with a certain kind of warmth that those who are foreign to the middle east (or Palestine in this case) may have never experienced or have ...
Read More »University rooms destroyed in early morning raid by Israeli forces
5th of March 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah team | East Jerusalem, occupied Palestine In the early hours of Tuesday, 5th April, around 3am, an armed group of Israeli soldiers stormed the campus of Al Quds university in the area of ...
Read More »Israeli military destroys agricultural lands in Gaza
3rd of March 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Gaza Strip, occupied Palestine At around 9am on Thursday, the 31st March, four Israeli bulldozers entered the Gaza Strip at El Fakhuri. They came in order to destroy agricultural lands ...
Read More »Yes Theatre: Resisting occupation through theatre and socially engaged art practice
3rd April 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied West Bank The Yes Theatre in Al-Khalil works with dedication, for a brighter future for the Palestinians in the occupied West Bank through a diverse set of cultural activities. ...
Read More »A night of protective presence needed
3rd April 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | al-Khalil, occupied Palestine The two boys met us at the store, shouting the name of our Palestinian contact and waving us along. The cobbled stones in the alley made a ...
Read More »Olive tree planting connects Palestinians in the Jordan Valley
2nd April 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah Team | Jordan Valley, Occupied Palestine On Saturday 2nd April, Palestinians and international activists alike worked together in solidarity to plant olive trees in the town of al-Bikaa in the Jordan Valley, the town falls ...
Read More »Bil’in Land Day demonstration met with violence, long-range tear gas
2nd April 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Bi’lin, occupied Palestine On 1st April 2016, the village of Bi’lin marked the 40th anniversary of Palestine’s Land Day during their weekly nonviolent Friday demonstration. Israeli forces attacked the peaceful ...
Read More »Peaceful tree planting met with force in Nabi Saleh
1st April 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Nabi Salih, West Bank, Occupied Palestine On Friday 1st April, Palestinians from the town of Nabi Salih, along with international and Israeli activists, marched together in solidarity to protest the illegal Israeli ...
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