Category: Press Releases

  • CHILD, FOUR ADULTS INJURED, AUSTRIAN ACTIVIST ARRESTED

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE A nonviolent demonstration meant to take place at the entrance to the West Bank village of Kafr Haris against the destruction of Palestinian olive groves for the construction of an Israeli-only bypass road was attacked in route by Israeli soldiers. Four adults and one child were injured by tear gas canisters that…

  • Update on Shora Esamilan

    Shora Esamilan, ISM activist from Sweden, has arrived back in her country after being deported from Israel. She was forced onto a plane by five policemen, including two brought in specially from Austria. On her way onto the plane, the police beat her with batons. Shora was brutally interrogated by the Israeli general security services…

  • Vigil at Ofer Military Base for Peace Activist Abdullah Abu Rahme

    On Sunday, July 31st, Israeli, Palestinian and international peace activists will hold a vigil at the Ofer Military Base at 3 PM to protest the imprisonment of Abdullah Abu Rahme. Abdullah, a leader of the Bil’in Popular Committee Against the Wall has been in detention at Ofer Military Base since his arrest during a non-violent…

  • Peace means the freedom of movement

    July 29, 2005 by Sarita Ahooja Eight ISM Internationals from Canada, Sweden, and Spain, along with 5 Israeli activists joined in a spirited march with the villagers of Asira to protest military closures and demand free movement for Palestinians. The demonstrators walked along Sabataash road (5km distance to Nablus) towards the 3 giant mounds of…

  • ISM MEDIA ALERT: Hebron residents protest at internal checkpoints

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Hebron residents protest at internal checkpoints INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT — The city of Hebron is dissected by a labyrinth of checkpoints that keep people isolated not only from elsewhere in the occupied Palestine, but often from the other end of town. On Saturday at 11:30 a.m., Hebron citizens plan to demonstrate against…