Category: Reports

  • Kufr Qaddoum cutting the wire on illegal settlements

    19 August 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank A joyful demonstration occurred in Kufr Qaddoum today, when more than 100 demonstrators successfully cut open and tore down a razor wire fence on a road leading to Nablus just outside the city. The demonstration began at around 12:30 p.m., when about 100 Palestinians and 15…

  • As protesters hold Iftar in the “buffer zone,” Israeli bulldozers sever Gaza’s links with the world

    16 August 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza On Tuesday, August 9, members of the International Solidarity Movement – Gaza Strip joined the Beit Hanoun Local Initiative for its weekly protest by the Erez Crossing against the Israeli-imposed “buffer zone.” During Ramadan, these protests take the form of Iftars with local farmers threatened by Israeli…

  • Illegal settlement, Qadumim, upheld over Kufr Qaddoum’s rights

    13 August 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On Friday the 12th of August, the weekly demonstration called by the local Popular Committee in Kufr Qaddum was held. Despite the blazing heat and that most of the participants are fasting for Ramadan, an impressive contingent of around two hundred began the march towards the…

  • Israeli military forces attack the freedom of theatre

    13 August 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank The Freedom Theatre in Jenin Refugee Camp has faced targeted repression by the Israeli Army in recent weeks.  At 3pm on August 6th, 2011, Israeli Occupation Forces arrested a Freedom Theatre actor at the Shave Shomeron checkpoint on his way from Ramallah to Jenin.  Rami Awni…

  • Nabi Saleh consumed with raids while fasting

    9 August 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Following the unusually short demonstration on the first Friday of Ramadan, the Israeli army raided the village of Nabi Saleh just before Iftar, the Muslim time for breaking fast during Ramadan, resulting in the detaining of a 14 year old boy for approximately two hours and an excessive amount…