Category: In the Media

  • 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 offer to deport me to Gaza, I affirm that Gaza is undeniable part of my…

  • 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 Jordan. Dr Vally, director of the Centre for Education Rights and Transformation at the University…

  • 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 at the airport in the UK. The British activist, is currently being deported by Israeli…

  • 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 head with a rubber-coated steel bullet at the demonstration on the 22nd of February and…

  • 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 interrogation centre of a heart attack despite having no health conditions prior to his detention.…