Category: In the Media
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The four year anniversary of the murder of Mohammed Abu Khdeir
The 2nd of July 2018 is four years to the day since the kidnapping and murder of Mohammed Abu Khdeir, a 16 year old Palestinian boy from Shu’fat in East Jerusalem. The shocking nature of his murder and its context, occurring only 6 days before Israeli bombing campaigns in Gaza, make it a painful memory…
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ISM speaks to ‘Aref Jaber about the increase of raids by Israeli forces in his neighborhood
23rd June 2018 | International Solidarity Movement, Al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine ‘Aref Jaber lives in the Jaber neighbourhood in the H2 area of occupied Hebron, under Israeli control. He is a local activist and works with Human Rights Defenders filming and publicising the violations of international law committed by Israeli forces in his…
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Summer of Return 2018
This is a call for all those who believe in justice, equality and freedom to come to Palestine and support the Palestinian struggle for liberation. The International Solidarity Movement is looking for volunteers from now until the end of August to join the Summer of Return campaign. Volunteers will assist actions across Palestine that raise…
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Call on Israel’s parliament to oppose the bill criminalizing the documentation of soldiers
Israel’s parliament is to consider a law banning the photographing or filming of soldiers. The proposed legislation is entitled the “Prohibition against photographing and documenting IDF Soldiers”. “Anyone who filmed, photographed, and/or recorded soldiers in the course of their duties, with the intention of undermining the spirit of IDF soldiers and residents of Israel, shall…
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‘Why Ahed slapped the soldier’: an interview with Bassem Tamimi
12th June 2018 | Mondoweiss | Nabi Saleh, occupied Palestine This interview with Bassem Tamimi was recorded on May 4, 2018 in the occupied village of Nabi Saleh, by International Solidarity Movement activists. His daughter Ahed Tamimi, 17, is serving an eight-month prison sentence for slapping an Israeli soldier on the family’s property on December 15…
