On Friday 15th of September the people of Qaryut – a village between Nablus and Ramallah – held a demonstration reasserting their rights over the village spring. The village is close to the illegal settlements of Eli and Shilo, and ...
Read More »Report on the weekly protests in Kafr Qaddum
The Palestinian village of Kafr Qaddum is located 13 kilometres west of Nablus and has a population of roughly 4300 citizens. Eleven thousand dunams of the village’s land (roughly 52% of the total area) are part of area C, under ...
Read More »International Solidarity Movement Podcast episode 8: Building autonomous healthcare in Palestine
In this episode, Nicole and Tom interview Dr. Ghassan Hamdan of the Palestinian Medical Relief Society (PMRS). PMRS is a grassroots NGO that’s provided a much-needed response to the medical crises caused by the occupation. PMRS’ workers, like other Palestinian ...
Read More »Insidious colonial strategy
7th December 2018 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Deir Samaan, Salfit, occupied Palestine In the area of Salfit, harassment by settlers is a regular occurrence. They come to the villages, often late at night, to graffiti messages of ...
Read More »The ethnic cleansing of Palestine continues in Fasayil
5th December 2018 | International Solidarity Movement in coordination with Jordan Valley Solidarity, Nablus team | Fasayil al Wusta, Occupied Palestine The ethnic cleansing of Palestine continues. Dunum by dunum, village by village, house by house, the people of Palestine ...
Read More »Once again, a non-violent, Palestinian-lead demonstration was met with Israeli Police violence.
2nd December 2018 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus team | Nablus, Occupied Palestine Once again, Palestinians exercised their right of free speech under international law, and once again, were encountered with tear gas and gunfire. Outside Nablus, demonstrations took place ...
Read More »Urif: the struggle to study
Urif, the 21th of November Urif is a small Palestinian village perched on the top of a hill, not far from Nablus. The view is beautiful and clear, overlooked by another scenic hill. A longtime resident tells us that before ...
Read More »Two Palestinians and an International shot at non-violent Protest in Kafr Qaddum
November 23, 2018 | International Solidarity Movement | Kafr Qaddum, Occupied Palestine Fourteen years ago the Israeli Government closed the road between Kafr Qaddum and Nablus, extending the distance to 14 km, effectively making what would be a 15 minute ...
Read More »‘Our kites fly over the invisible borders and reach what we cannot’: ISM speaks to Yasmeen Najjar at the annual kite festival in Burin
29th June 2018 | International Solidarity Movement, Al-Khalil team | Burin, occupied Nablus Burin is a small village located seven kilometres to the southwest of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, and is home to around 3000 people. The village ...
Read More »Palestinian and International activists plant olive saplings on village land ordered for confiscation by Israel in Burin
17/03/2018| International Solidarity Movement Palestinians and International activists successfully planted dozens of olive saplings in the north of West Bank in the village of Burin near Nablus. Palestinians and Internationals together laid pictures of prominent activists in front of the ...
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