Category: Features

  • Al-Nakba day: The biggest crisis in the history of Palestine

    Al-Nakba day: The biggest crisis in the history of Palestine

    15th May 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Occupied Palestine Today, 68 years ago, the state of Israel was created on the Palestinian peoples’ home. The anniversary falls after a winter and spring with an escalation in violence and arrests of Palestinians, ever-expanding Israeli settlements in the West Bank and the Palestinian capital…

  • Celebrating Israeli Independence day from the other side of apartheid fence

    Celebrating Israeli Independence day from the other side of apartheid fence

    13th May 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, Verena, Al Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Leaving the meeting I was searching for a safe way to go through the old City of Hebron alone, where there was a celebration of ”Israeli Independence day” going on. I wanted to reach my ISM team members who were already patrolling there.…

  • Open The Zone: press conference

    Open The Zone: press conference

    13th May 2016 | Open the Zone campaign | Hebron, occupied Palestine On 12th May 2016, the Open the Zone campaign held a press conference in front of Shuahda checkpoint in Hebron – protesting the continuous collective punishment and denial of human rights to Palestinians in the ‘closed military zone’. The press conference was launched…

  • Open The Zone – twitter storm

    Open The Zone – twitter storm

    10th May 2016 | Open The Zone campaign | Hebron, occupied Palestine Take action to end the closed military zone in Hebron and join our twitter storm and thunderclap campaign! Take a stand against the forced closure of Shuhada Street and the neighbourhood of Tel Rumeida in Hebron. The area has been a ‘closed military…

  • Open The Zone: municipality delegation visit to CMZ

    Open The Zone: municipality delegation visit to CMZ

    10th May 2016 | Open The Zone Campaign | Hebron, occupied Palestine Yesterday, 9th May 2016, the Mayor of Hebron and several employees of the municipality of Hebron visited the closed military zone in Shuhada Street and the Tel Rumeida neighbourhood in the framework of the Open The Zone campaign. The delegation from the municipality…