Category: Reports

  • Grapes withering on the vine

    International Solidarity Movement 17 May 2010 Souad lives in the beautiful village of Safa, south west of Bethlehem, close by the path of the apartheid wall. From her house in the village it is only a short walk to her land – an entire, rolling hillside, the summit of which has been stolen by the…

  • Eight arrested in Beit Jala bulldozer action

    International Solidarity Movement 17 May 2010 UPDATE: All eight of the activists arrested yesterday during the demonstration in Beit Jala were released last night at 11:30 p.m. Each arrestee was individually interrogated, and required to give the police his or her phone number as contact information “in case further investigation is needed”. No other conditions…

  • Nakba Day observations span West Bank

    International Solidarity Movement 16th May 2010 Al Ma’asara: ‘Culture is Resistance’ The village of Al Ma’asara, near Bethlehem, held a Palestinian cultural festival on Friday to mark the 62nd anniversary of the Nakba. Palestinian music, dance and poetry were all on display, offering a timely reminder of Palestine’s ancient history and vibrant culture. Above all,…

  • An Nabi Saleh demonstrates against violence in the midst of extensive brushfires

    International Solidarity Movement 16 May 2010 This past Friday, May 14, the town of An Nabi Saleh held its weekly demonstration. Overly aggressive Israeli military tactics started a colossal brushfire, which reaped viable farmland. The weekly demonstration confronts the illegal expansion of Halamish settlement onto village land. Great local support brought out over 100 Palestinians,…

  • Victory for Iraq Burin as demonstrators commemorate the Nakba

    Today fifty demonstrators from Iraq Burin, together with international activists, marched in commemoration of the Nakba’s 62nd anniversary, and to protest to the illegal Israeli occupation of the village’s lands. Israeli occupation forces enacted their policy of violent “crowd dispersal” techniques in an effort to thwart the protest, proving no match for the village’s spirit…