Category: Journals
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The olive harvest: Struggle, resistance and oppression
December 31 | International Solidarity Movement | Olive Harvest journal The olive harvest in Palestine (October – November) represents much more than simply picking olives. While it is an important contributor for the income of thousands of families in the West Bank – with a revenue between $160m and $190m in 2021 according to…
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Attacks and disruption in Al-Khalil as settlers celebrate Sarah’s Day
December 29 | International Solidarity Movement | Al-Khalil Around 30,000 settlers gathered in Al- Khalil (Hebron) on Saturday, November 19, to celebrate Sarah’s Sabbath and wreaked havoc in the Old City market, attacking Palestinians and their shops, houses and destroying cars. This happened under the watch of the Israeli army who cordoned the area so…
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Families Not Firing Zones: Defiance in Masafer Yatta
16 October | International Solidarity Movement | Masafer Yatta For the last 42 years the Israeli occupation forces have been slowly but surely grinding the region of Masafer Yatta into dust. Now, in 2022, the various injunctions, petitions, hearings and a halfhearted international condemnation have amounted to nothing. The Israeli army has again…
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Keep Palestinian-led activism alive during COVID-19
ISM’s human rights activism faces an unprecedented challenge in the current COVID-19 pandemic, international travel bans and global economic down turn. We ask for your support to help us maintain our ongoing projects and keep our offices ready to resume on the ground international solidarity and action for Palestine when the virus is contained.
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About the legitimisation of the Palestinian oppression in Al Khalil (Hebron)
Personal reflections of a ISM activist about the settlers’ violence and its related impunity in Al Khalil, West Bank. To which extent these people are allowed by the Israeli soldiers to transform a Palestinian city into their own amusement-park?
