Category: Reports
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Palestinians and internationals attacked during biking trip in Jordan Valley
by Joseph and Emiliano 15 April 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Palestinian and international cyclists were brutally attacked by the Israeli occupation forces on Saturday as they attempted to bike up Route 90, the main North-South highway running through the Jordan Valley. The cyclists were demonstrating against Israeli apartheid policies in the Jordan…
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The price of intellectual resistance
by Sylvia 14 April 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank “Our souls are not devastated, we are hanging on” On the 7th November 2011, founder of the Palestinian Cultural Enlightenment (Tanwer) and lecturer at the An- Najah University, Dr. Yousef Abdul Haq, was arrested from his home at two o’clock in the morning. Dr. Yousef…
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42 days of hunger strike: Take action to save Hassan Safady from dying in administrative detention
by Silvia and Andreas 13 April 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Please SUBMIT pictures in solidarity with Hassan Safady FREE HASSAN SAFADY FREE ALL PRISONERS IN ADMINSTRATIVE DETENTION Today Hasan Safady entered into his 42nd day of hunger strike. Ten months ago, he was brutally arrested from his home in the old city…
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Passover violence in Occupied Al Khalil
by Paige 10 April 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank The Israeli army enforced a system of extensive closures, detentions, and violence against Palestinians and internationals activists during the Jewish holiday of Passover in Al Khalil (Hebron). The army closed off the busy Beersheba road to allow Jewish settlers to visit the tomb of…
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Fadi Abu Zeitoun, killed as settlers attacked farmers
by Rana H. 9 April 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Israeli settlers attacked and chased a group of Palestinian farmers last Thursday, causing a tractor to flip over during the chase, causing the death of the Palestinian driver. On Thursday, April 5th, armed settlers from the illegal Israeli colony of Itamar attacked a…
