Category: Press Releases
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Olive harvest and Colonialism in expansion in Kafr ad Dik
12th November 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, Huwwara team | Kafr Qalil, occupied Palestine For the past six days, international activists joined a Palestinian farmer, Fares Deek, in the harvest of his olives outside Kafr ad Dik village, located inside Salfit governate. For the past 16 years, the area has been a target of expanding…
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End medical apartheid: Israel banning entry of Gaza patient Abd al-Kareem
10th November 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza team | Gaza, occupied Palestine Abd al-Kareem Nahid Abu Halloub, a 32 year old paitent had a heart attack on 6/10/2016 and is in a coma for about 36 days now as a result of a sudden fall to the floor. He was convulsed. His health condition…
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UNWRA: Update on Israeli forces use of live ammo in refugee camps
22th September 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine UNRWA is concerned about the Israeli forces’ increased use of live ammunition against Palestinian civilian demonstrators in Palestine refugee camps since July 2016. Since July 2016, there has been a dramatic increase in the use of live fire against Palestinian civilian demonstrators,…
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Call to action: Olive Harvest 2016
9th September 2016 | International Solidarity Movement | Ramallah, occupied Palestine At a time of increasing settler violence in the West Bank, the International Solidarity Movement is issuing an urgent call for volunteers to participate in the 2016 olive-harvest on the invitation of Palestinian communities. The olive tree, a national symbol for Palestinians, is an…
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Letter of affirmation to Black Lives Matter
The world watches as Black and Brown bodies continue to be gunned down by a racialized, hyper-militarized US police force. And we are indignant. We affirm Palestinian solidarity with Black liberation and support their struggle for the swift and long absent application of justice against police officers who commit heinous, extrajudicial murders of Black people…
