Category: Reports
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Five year anniversary of the death of Vittorio Arrigoni
18th April 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Gaza, occupied Palestine Last Thursday 14th April marked four years since the disappearance of Vittorio Arrigoni in Gaza, under the Israeli blockade. According to subsequent statements and investigations carried out by Hamas, ISM activist Vittorio’s body was discovered the following day, having been kidnapped and…
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Non violent protest in Ni’lin once again met with violence
15th April 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Ni’lin, occupied Palestine On Friday, the 15th of April 2016 – and as part of a West-Bank wide protest for Prisoner’s Day – the villagers of Ni’lin held their weekly non-violent demonstration. They were protesting against Israeli apartheid politics, the theft of the villagers land…
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Excessive use of force and collective punishment at demonstrations in remembrance of Palestinian political prisoners
17th April 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Kafr Qaddum, Nabi Saleh & Ofer, occupied Palestine On 15th April, weekly demonstrations against the Israeli occupation were held throughout the occupied West Bank commemorating ‘Prisoner’s Day’. Kafr Qaddum village has been separated from their main access road to the Palestinian city of Nablus for 13 years.…
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Bi’lin Protest on the anniversary of the death of Bassam Abu Rahma
17th April 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Bi’lin, occupied Palestine This Friday 15th April, the village of Bi’lin held their long-running protest against the illegal Israeli occupation and Apartheid wall. However, the protest on this day was tinged with further sadness, falling as it did on the seven-year anniversary of the death…
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Non-violent protest in Ni’lin again met with collective punishment against whole village
12th April 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Ni’lin, occupied Palestine On Friday, the 8th of April 2016, the villagers of Ni’lin nonviolently demonstrated against Israeli apartheid politics, the theft of the villagers land through the building of the apartheid wall and illegal settlements, and the increasing collective punishment of the village of…
