Journals

23rd October 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine The events of Tuesday the 18th of October began to unravel as my friend and I accompanied school children through an Israeli checkpoint (Salaymeh) as they made ...

3rd October 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Israeli forces put up a CCTV observation tower in the Ibrahimi mosque area, further increasing not only their all-encompassing surveillance of Palestinians, but also their slow but ...

3rd October 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine One week ago, the United States and much of the world turned on their televisions to tune into the 2016 Presidential debate.  Advertised as the most anticipated ...

25th September 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Palestinians in the closed military zone in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron) are reduced to a mere number. Imagine ‘loosing’ your identity to a foreign occupying army not only ...

6th September 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Today was my first full day as an ISM’er in Al-Khalil (Hebron). A regular part of our work is to monitor Israeli checkpoints beside schools in the ...

23th August 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine As a Palestinian you have to have your ID on you at all times, otherwise you may get detained or arrested. In Palestine they have 3 different ...

20th August 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine People queuing up in lines at the checkpoint, a father with his wife, two toddlers and a baby in the arms. Trying to pass. A soldier yells ...

Tuesday morning at 8:30 we received a call from Badee Dwaik, one of the co-ordinators of Human Rights Defenders, a Palestinian human rights group, about the unfolding situation in Al Fawwar refugee camp. Around 2:00 that morning, hundreds of Israeli ...

10th August 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine What started and should have ended a few hours ago as a scuffle between two boys ended up with a Israeli Border Police action that once again demonstrated ...

9th August 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil team | Umm Khaeyr village, occupied Palestine On the morning of August 9, 2016, ten Israeli military jeeps each filled with five soldiers, arrived in the village of Umm Khaeyr. It was ...