Category: Journals
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Palestinians threatened by settler and then detained by soldiers
23rd July 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Vern | Hebron, Occupied Palestine At approximately 23:30 on the night of the 21st July, I noticed a group of Israeli soldiers detain four Palestinian men near our apartment. The men detained were Ahmed, Izzat, Anas, and Muhammad. They were ordered to sit on the ground by several armed…
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Where will they go?
22nd July 2014 | Charlie Andreasson | Gaza, Occupied Palestine The attack has been going on for over two weeks. I was awakened early this morning by explosions that were so close that they shook the house. Then came a phone call, telling me that there was an apartment building nearby, where a woman from New…
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‘Death Zone’ in Shajiya
20th July 2014 | Rina Andolini | Gaza, Occupied Palestine There was a ceasefire today for 3 hours – so some of us internationals went to the area which I refer to as the ‘Death Zone’ – Shajiya, we went to see if we could help with the masses of injured amongst the rubble. The Death…
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Gaza report: War against civilians
14th July 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Charlie Andreasson | Gaza, Occupied Palestine The war is now in its seventh day, the death toll is rising briskly, 17,000 people have fled Beit Lahia in the north after the threat of a land invasion, fishermen are prevented from accessing their fishing grounds, and sewer and water…
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Gaza report: Death and destruction
11th July 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Charlie Andreasson | Gaza, Occupied Palestine We managed to get a lift in an armoured Land Rover belonging to French journalists, and at crazy speed we went through intersections with only the cat horn as protection. The goal was Jabalya refugee camp and the latest targeting killing using…
