18th June 2013 | Mondoweiss, Katherine Flynn| Hares, Occupied Palestine Three months ago today, in the early hours of March, 17 2013, Israeli soldiers appeared at 16-year- old Ali Shamlawi’s house in the West Bank village of Hares. They blindfolded ...
Read More »Mass protest aims to focus attention on Jerusalem
16th June 2013 | The Electronic Intifada, Joe Catron and Patrick Strickland | Occupied Palestine Activists demonstrated internationally on Friday as part of efforts to focus attention on Israel’s aggression against Palestinians in Jerusalem. Known as the Global March to Jerusalem, the protests marked ...
Read More »Israel bars children over eight from visiting fathers in prison
15th June 2013 | The Electronic Intifada, Joe Catron | Gaza City, Occupied Palestine On 20 May, Obeida Shamali visited his father, Ahmad Abd Alraheem Shamali, in Israel’s Nafha prison. It was the first time they had seen each other since Israeli ...
Read More »‘This time we were not forced to swim naked in the sea’: Gaza fishermen left jobless after illegal arrest in Palestinian waters
1st June 2013 | Mondoweiss, Petra Stastna | Gaza, Occupied Palestine A young Palestinian fisherman was arrested together with his brother within Palestinian waters on 19 May 2013 by the Israeli navy and released the following day. Their boat and all ...
Read More »Activist dares imagine a one-state solution
By Patrick Cooke 2nd April 2013 | The Times of Malta The snow that fell on the West Bank village of Urif on January 10 was the heaviest in years, enticing delighted children out of their homes. But snow was not ...
Read More »Statement from Samer Issawi who has spent over 240 days on hunger strike
19th March 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Occupied Palestine The following statement by Samer Issawi was posted on his Facebook page by his lawyer Fawwaz Shloudy. It was translated from Arabic to English by Shahd Abusalama. “Regarding the Israeli Occupation ...
Read More »South African educationist denied entry into Palestine
12 March 2013| Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Occupied Palestine Well-known South African educationist and human rights activist, Dr Salim Vally, was today detained, interrogated and denied entry into Palestine by Israeli security forces when he attempted to enter the country from ...
Read More »ISM activist risks jail, pledges not to answer questions if stopped under Terror laws in the UK
11th March | International Solidarity Movement, Occupied Palestine Tom Woodhead, an ISM activist who is currently being deported by Israeli immigration authorities, has pledged not to answer questions if British authorities attempt to misuse the Terrorism Act 2000 when he arrives ...
Read More »Funeral of 23 year old Mohammed Asfour leads to Israeli army invasion of village
9th March 2013| Lisa Marchant, Occupied Palestine 23 year old Mohammed Asfour died on the 7th of March, from injuries sustained during a demonstration in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners on hunger strikers in Israeli jails. He was shot in the ...
Read More »Fierce clashes in Hebron rage after death of Arafat Jaradat in Israeli detention
24 February 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Hebron, Occupied Palestine Palestinians protesting last night’s death of Arafat Jaradat while in Israeli administrative detention clashed with Israeli Occupation Forces throughout today in Hebron. Israeli officials claim that Jaradat died in an ...
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