Category: Reports

  • One Palestinian and one international activist arrested in peaceful protest in the Jordan Valley

    One Palestinian and one international activist arrested in peaceful protest in the Jordan Valley

    18th January 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Jordan Valley, Occupied Palestine A Palestinian activist and an international were arrested today whilst peacefully protesting in the Jordan Valley. The international activist is falsely charged by Israeli forces with endangering people’s lives on the road, assaulting a soldier and trying to grab his rifle. The…

  • Illegal settlers attacked a mosque in the village of Deir Istiya

    Illegal settlers attacked a mosque in the village of Deir Istiya

    16th January 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Deir Istiya, Occupied Palestine In the early morning of Wednesday the 15th January 2014, at 3:45 AM, the muezzin of the Deir Istiya village went from his home to the Abu Bakr mosque west of the village in order to prepare for the first prayer.  He found the entrance…

  • Gaza’s economy shattered by Israeli siege

    Gaza’s economy shattered by Israeli siege

    15th January 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Rosa Schiano | Gaza, Occupied Palestine A recent report by the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture in Gaza says the Israeli authorities have closed Karm Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) checkpoint, the Gaza Strip’s only commercial crossing, for 150 days, 41% of working days, during 2013. The reports points out that…