Category: Reports

  • Mourning Mustafa Tamimi as Israeli soldiers escalate violence

    Mourning Mustafa Tamimi as Israeli soldiers escalate violence

    by Alistair George 11 December 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Over two thousand people attended the funeral of Mustafa Tamimi in Nabi Saleh today.  Tamimi was killed during a protest in Nabi Saleh on Friday after he was struck in the face by a tear gas canister fired at close range by the…

  • Al Ma’asara refuses the road to illegal settlement activity

    Al Ma’asara refuses the road to illegal settlement activity

    10 December 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank This weeks’ demonstration in the village of Al-Maasara was attended by approximately forty peaceful protesters with twenty Palestinians and twenty internationals. As always during the protests in Al Ma’asara the protesters were confronted by a line of Israeli soldiers who refused to allow the Palestinians cross an…

  • Idna family charged by Israeli military for “demolition services”

    Idna family charged by Israeli military for “demolition services”

    10 December 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Over two weeks have passed since the El Gelwe family’s home was demolished. They remain homeless and are currently living in a tent which was provided by Palestinian neighbors in the village of Idna, of the Hebron Governorate. The family’s tent is erected just meters away from…

  • In Exile: Families relate stories of prisoner exiles

    by Alistair George 10 December 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Although Palestinian prisoners endure harsh conditions in Israeli prisons, including and physical and psychological torture, their families are also severely punished through the policies of the Israeli authorities. The prisoner release deal brokered between Hamas and the Israeli authorities saw the release of…

  • Military teargases Kufr Qaddoum following nightly raids and arrests

    Military teargases Kufr Qaddoum following nightly raids and arrests

    by Alistair George 9 December 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank The Israeli military fired tear gas canisters directly at demonstrators in Kufr Qaddoum today in an aggressive response to the weekly protest against the closure of the main road linking the village with Nablus.  Many people suffered from severe gas inhalation.  After midday…