Category: Press Releases
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Three Scandinavian ISM activists trapped by curfew in Awarta village following settlers’ murder
15 March 2011 | International Solidarity Movement UPDATE: At 5:30 pm last night a large mob of settlers came down the hill and attacked villagers with stones, breaking one 15-year-old boy’s arm. At 5pm the soldiers had announced that their curfew was finished, but it became clear today that the curfew is still in effect…
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Jailed Bil’in Protest Organizer, Abdallah Abu Rahmah, to be Released on Sunday
14 March 2011 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee UPDATE: Abdallah Abu Rahmah of the Bil’in Popular Committee who was supposed to be released yesterday after 16 months in jail was kept for another night for “administrative reasons” but will be released today. What: Abdallah Abu Rahmah’s release from prison Where: The Bitunya checkpoint, near Ofer…
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Bil’in marches against US veto in the United Nations
25 February 2011 | Popular Committee Against the Wall Dozens were injured in the weekly demonstration against the Occupation and settlements. The demonstration was held against the United State’s veto of a UN resolution which condemned Israel’s illegal settlements. The demonstration was attacked with tear gas by Israeli soldiers who wanted to crush the nonviolent…