Category: Reports

  • Al Mufagarah: Cave dwellers struggle to remain on their land

    By VLR 21 July 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank In the peaceful landscape of the South Hebron Hills, the occupation of the land is a daily struggle. Whilst life seems to be quiet and smooth the Palestinian communities often have to forget their daily life problems to focus on a bigger issue: resisting…

  • Askar Refugee Camp: “Our dream is to visit Jerusalem”

    By Hakim Maghribi 21 July 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank A short distance from Nablus one finds the community of Askar camp. What appears as a suburb or cut-off of the city, is actually a refugee camp. Established in 1964, it today houses some 6,000 people in 1 square kilometre. The inhabitants are…

  • Nabi Saleh: 11 arrested in weekly demonstration

    By Hakim M. 16 July 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank The weekly demonstration in Nabi Saleh faced brutal repression from the Israeli military on Friday, July 13. Beginning at 1:30 p.m., Palestinian and solidarity activists walked down the village road to find it closed off by Israeli border police and a ‘skunk’ tank,…