Category: Press Releases
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Bedouin kids join global climate strike in Palestine’s first Extinction Rebellion protest
19th October | International Solidarity Movement | Umm al-Khair, South Hebron Hill Bedouin children in the West Bank joined global climate protests yesterday, calling out the Israeli occupation’s role in exacerbating the effects of climate change on Palestinians. Over a dozen protesters from the Bedouin village of Umm al-Khair in the South Hebron Hills, waved…
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Statement on “postponement” of Regavim London talk due to activist pressure
Yesterday, UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) announced the “postponement” of a talk by extremist pro-settler group Regavim in London due to opposition from British, Israeli, and Palestinian activists. Regavim, which receives funding from the Israeli government, is not only anti-Palestinian and openly racist, but also lobbies for the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from the West…
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Call to Action: Join London protest against Israeli demolition ‘charity’ Regavim
On September 1st, UK Lawyers for Israel is hosting a talk by Regavim, a pro-settler NGO with charitable status, pivotal in speeding up demolitions of Palestinian homes across the West Bank and displacement of Bedouin villages in the Negev. What is Regavim? Regavim, ‘dedicated to the preservation of Israel’s land’, petitions courts to demolish homes…
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ISM stands in solidarity with the people of Kashmir
August 16 | International Solidarity Movement | Statement of Solidarity We, the International Solidarity Movement, express our solidarity with the people of Kashmir as they resist the annexation and occupation of their land by Indian military forces. We recognize the same methods of oppression and occupation used by the Israeli government in Palestine being…
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Israel permits settler invasion of Al-Aqsa on Muslim holiday
August 11 | International Solidarity Movement | Old City, East Jerusalem, occupied Palestine Hundreds of settlers invaded the Al-Aqsa compound in Jerusalem’s Old City this morning after Israeli soldiers used tear gas, sound grenades and rubber-coated steel bullets to clear out Muslim worshippers. 61 Palestinians were injured and 15 hospitalised when soldiers and police let…
