16 January 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, Vera Macht Death comes quickly at a place like this. On sunny winter days, when the smell of the night’s rain is still in the air, as if it would have brought some ...
Read More »“Soldiers, settlers, and the police are the occupation”: Hani Abu Haikal’s life inside the Tel Rumeida settlement
9 January 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramona Hani Abu Haikal and his family live in Hebron’s H2, which is under Israeli control. They are part of the 30,000 Palestinians that live among 500 settlers in this part of the ...
Read More »One Family in Gaza
6 January 2010 | Jen Marlowe Just months after the Israeli assault that killed 1,390 Palestinians, I visited Gaza. Among dozens of painful stories I heard, one family stood out. I spent several days with Kamal and Wafaa Awajah, playing ...
Read More »Freedom for Ibrahim, Hassan and Zaydoon: An interview with leaders of the Ni’lin Popular Committee Against the Wall
16 December 2010 | International Solidarity Movement On December 3, 2010, three leaders of the Ni’lin Popular Committee Against the Separation Wall were released from Israeli military prison: Ibrahim Amireh, coordinator of the Popular Committee; Hassan Mousa, spokesperson; and Zaydoon ...
Read More »Shootings in Gaza ‘buffer zone’ continue
4 December 2010 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza On Saturday, the 4th of December 2010, three people were shot and injured at the northern border near to Bait Lahya. All of them sustained multiple fractures that required surgery, and two ...
Read More »Israeli bulldozers: demolishing homes, ruining livelihoods
26 November 2010 | Stella, International Solidarity Movement In the last few days, with a wave of demolitions, Israeli bulldozers have spread destruction and despair in the villages across the West Bank: in Qarawat Bani Hassan near Salfeet, in al-Jiftlik ...
Read More »Eid without a father and husband
16 November 2010 | Evie Soli, International Solidarity Movement An interview with the wives of Abdallah and Adeeb Abu Rahma Al Eid is a holy time of the year for Muslims. Families gather and visit each other over the four ...
Read More »Two Palestinian Stories: Mona Samouni and Dr Mona El Farra
11 November 2010 | Adie Mormech When the story of the Samouni family of Zeytoun broke, news stations and media gathered to cover what was the epitome of the tragedy that hit Gaza during Operation Cast Lead – the Israeli ...
Read More »Derisory Supreme Court hearing on the wall in al-Walaja
08 November 2010 | Stella & Jillian On Monday the 8th of November, after a two hour charade in the Supreme Court of Israel, the decision over the path of the wall in Al-Walaja (near Bethlehem), was adjourned for another ...
Read More »3 Arrested Protesting Expansion of Settlement in Jiftlik, the Jordan Valley
31 October 2010 | International Solidarity Movement Sunday, settlers clashed with Bedouin villagers of Jiftlik in the Jordan Valley, as settlers tried to expand their settlement of Massu´a. Their expansion will isolate Jiftlik and result in the whole Bedouin community ...
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