Category: Photo Story
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International Solidarity: Photos for the liberation of Shuhada Street
5 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement On February 20th, International Solidarity Movement put out a call for the international community to express their solidarity with the people of Al Khalil (Hebron) and the cause to open Shuhada Street. Individuals from all over the world took part in this symbolic campaign, which came just as…
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In photos: On hunger strike in Gaza
by Mya Guarnieri 10 February 2012 | Alternative Information Center A number of Gazans have joined Khader Adnan’s hunger strike to protest the inhumane conditions that Palestinian political prisoners face in Israeli jails. Israel often holds Palestinians in administrative detention without charges, depriving detainees of their right to due process. Adnan has been on hunger…
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In Photos: Settlers and Israeli military violently steal land in Kufr Qaddoum
6 February 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On February 5 the residents of Kufr Qaddoum noticed several soldiers and illegal settlers on their lands who were plotting how to illegally seize land from the village. Upon arrival, International Solidarity Movement received word that indeed the colonizers were planning an action to seize land…
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Celebrating heroes and olives: Qaryut begins to dismantle roadblock
by Aaron 5 February 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Hundreds of peaceful demonstrators confronted heavily armed Israeli soldiers this Friday, February 3rd, at a new protest in the village of Qaryut, planting nearly one hundred trees and partially demolishing the roadblock that has obstructed access to the highway since the First Intifada. Although…
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Left behind at the scene of the crime: Israel wages war on Bil’in
by Wedad Yassin 30 January 2012 | Sixteen Minutes to Palestine Weeks ago, Wedad Yassin traveled back to Ein Yabrud, a village near Ramallah in the West Bank, to visit her family and to experience Palestine’s rich cultural heritage. Her intention had been to tour through the Al-Khalil district, Ramallah, Bil’in, and Jerusalem. However, she…
