Category: Reports
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The Battle of Empty Stomachs: Khader Adnan highlights the consolation of solidarity
by Sylvia 24 April 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On the 17th of April, Palestinian political prisoners launched a mass hunger strike against the Israeli Prison Service’s (IPS) dismissal of the Fourth Geneva Convention and basic international law. The call for action comes on Palestinian Prisoners Day after a wave of high-profile hunger…
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Impunity Under the Law: Settler attack in Jabari neighborhood
by Paige 22 April 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Marwan Borqan always locks the main door to his house at night. Late at night, soldiers will often knock at his door, ‘checking,’ they say, although Marwan has never known what they are checking for. That is why he did not find it unusual…
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Israel opens fire on protesters in Ni’lin: One youth injured by rubber-coated bullet
by Sunny 22 April 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank The weekly demonstration in Ni’lin on Friday April 20th was relatively quiet compared to previous weeks. Nevertheless, it showed again the disproportionate measures taken by Israeli occupation forces against the Palestinian resistance. The Israeli army propelled skunk spray, tear gas, sound bombs, and rubber-coated…
