Category: In the Media

  • 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…