Journals

Tucked within the antiquated corridors of the municipality of Bethlehem, there lies Aida Camp, established 1950. The densely populated cement structures, thinly outlined by narrow passageways, are a living summation of the occupation of Palestine itself. Scraping elbows with the ...

I’m OK. Actually, personally, my family and I are well, Alhamdililah! But I can feel the intensified fire under our feet. I know the feeling. And I know the explosion that comes after it. This week alone the Israeli apartheid ...

13th March 2017  |  International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team  |  Hebron, occupied Palestine Over the last weeks there has been a lot of noise about Banksy (a street artist from the UK, now darling of the art world) and his ...

22nd February 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team, | Hebron, occupied Palestine Yesterday the Israeli soldier Elor Azaria was sentenced to 18 months in prison for the extra-judicial killing of Abdel Fattah al-Sharif, which happened last year in Hebron. Everybody ...

22nd February 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine  As a second time ISMer I write a blog for friends and supporters back home (at salamfrombetty.tumblr.com if you would like to follow).  I asked for questions ...

14th February 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Israeli forces, again, or rather still, are using their impunity as occupiers to humiliate, harass and intimidate Palestinians and internationals crossing Shuhada checkpoint in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron). The ...

3rd February 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine No one can describe this feeling, when occupation did what it does best: humiliate, harass, humiliate. There is no words to say, today, I was treated like ...

31st January 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine There are 17 permanent checkpoints in the H2 area under full Israeli military control in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron), manned by Israeli forces and impeding Palestinian freedom of ...

26 January 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, Al-Khalil team| Hebron, occupied Palestine Al-Khalil is unique from other villages, towns, and cities in the West Bank. Illegal Zionist colonial settlements are situated right in the center of the Old City. Whereas, ...

23rd January 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine As an international, taking photos of the Israeli occupation soldiers is either considered wrong and harmful or a joy. Harmful…harmful to what exactly? The continuous illegal occupation? ...