Category: Press Releases
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Huge Destruction Suffered by Nur Shams Refugee Camp
*Tulkarm – Nur Shams Refugee Camp* June 9, 2024 By Diana Khwaelid* At midnight on June 9, occupation forces stormed the city of Tulkarm and stationed themselves in the Nur Shams camp, northeast of Tulkarm. A military operation that lasted for more than 13 continuous hours ensued, during which the Israeli occupation forces vandalized and…
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Palestinians and international human rights observers arrested in Masafer Yatta, occupied West Bank
July 7, 2024 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Israeli Occupation forces arrested three Palestinians, including a 14 year old child, together with three international (including a US citizen) and one Israeli human rights observers in at-Tuwani, Masafer Yatta, in the South Hebron Hills area. This morning, armed Israeli settler shepherds invaded Palestinian land with their flocks, provoked…
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Violence Erupts in Massafer Yatta: Illegal Settlers Attack Villagers and Destroy Property
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Violence Erupts in Massafer Yatta: Illegal Settlers Attack Villagers and Destroy Property By Dottie Lux, International Solidary Movement Masafer Yatta, July 4, 2024 — A wave of violence swept through the village of Khalet Al Daba’a in Masafer Yatta as settlers launched a series of attacks on local palestinians, culminating in severe…
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Israeli army and police escalate repression of human rights volunteers following Knesset hearing.
In the days since a March 12 Knesset hearing that demonized human rights activists in the West Bank, it appears that Israeli authorities have escalated their repression of volunteers in the Masafer Yatta region of the south Hebron Hills (West Bank). The aforementioned Knesset hearing, held in the “Subcommittee for Judea and Samaria,” was framed…
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Swedish Human Rights Defender on Hunger Strike after Denied Entry and Detained by Israeli Authorities
23 February 2024 | International Solidarity Movement | Tel Aviv Tel Aviv, February 21, 2024 – Israeli authorities at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport have denied entry to a Swedish foreign national and Palestinian human rights defender arbitrarily citing “Public security or public safety or public order considerations”. Samira Khoshbakht, 42, a textile artist and craft…
