In November 2002 the first section of the Israeli Aparthied Wall on Palestinian territory in the West Bank was under construction in the Qalqilya district. This short film looks at how the Wall will affect Palestinian communities and what locals ...
Read More »“Love is possible in spite of all the evil we experience”
photo by AP 11 December 2005 Despite an Israeli checkpoint that prevented journalists from accessing the village, a peaceful march of one thousand people, Christians and Muslims, went forward on Sunday in the West Bank Village Aboud. The march was ...
Read More »IOF Continues Harrasing Jayyous Villagers
By ISM local contact Today, 11th December 2005, at 2:30am, the IOF troops invaded the west bank village of Jayyous. They searched houses and arrested theVice President of the Jayyous municipality, Mr. Issam Muhammad Hassan Shbaita. Mr. Shbaita is known ...
Read More »Three New Olive Trees Successfully Planted in Bil’in; Palestinian Man Hit by Rubber Coated Bullet
Villagers from Bil’in, supported by international and Israeli activists, succeeded in planting three new olive trees at the construction site of the illegal apartheid wall, close to their village on the West Bank. Soldiers responded to this practical and symbolic ...
Read More »Candle-lit Solidarity Demonstration in Ramallah for the “CPT Four”
On Wednesday the 7th, another demonstration calling for the release of the four CPT hostage in Iraq was held in al-Manara, Ramallah, at 4:30pm. On the same day, a press conference calling for the release of four was held in ...
Read More »Transcript of Palestinian Press Conference Calling for the Release of the Four CPT Hostages in Iraq
Each of the following people spoke in Arabic unless noted otherwise. The following is a transcript of the English translation that was provided by the ISM host. Ikram al Sabri, the head Mufti of Palestine: [Recording starts part way through] ...
Read More »Resistance Continues in Aboud, Despite Israeli Violence
Accompanied by dozens of internationals, between 150 and 200 Palestinian demonstrators arrived at the construction site of the annexation barrier in Aboud which will illegally claim much of the village’s land. This is the third such demonstration against the illegal ...
Read More »Non-Violent Demonstration in Bil’in Attacked by Israeli Military Once Again
by Jesse and Asa Today the villagers of Bil’in confronted the theft of their land in yet another creative action against the annexation barrier. The villagers carried plastic and styrofoam models of settlement houses which bore the names of various ...
Read More »Palestinians demonstrate and appeal for release of Western activists kidnapped in Iraq
Palestinians demonstrate and appeal for release of Western activists kidnapped in Iraq 1. Palestinians demonstrate and appeal for release of Western activists kidnapped in Iraq 2. Hebron: Palestinians offer their help to gain freedom for kidnapped CPTers 3. Palestinian Solidarity ...
Read More »Sabbath Riot by Settlers in Hebron
by ISM activists in Hebron On the 26th of November in the West Bank, a large number of armed Israeli Settlers visiting Hebron for the commemoration of the Biblical character Abraham’s burial of Sarah broke Palestinian property and assaulted Palestinians. ...
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