Category: Reports

  • Palestinians, Israelis and Internationals Rebuild Homes Demolished by the Occupation Forces

    by Ernesto The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) has been instrumental in challenging one of the most nefarious features of the Israeli occupation of Palestine – the demolition of Palestinian homes. ISM’ers have begun to pitch in and lend a helping hand with ICAHD’s summer rebuilding camps when not supporting non-violent direct action against…

  • Palestinians Demonstrate at Checkpoint Near Tulkarem

    Yesterday, 26th of July, the Israeli military set up a so-called “flying checkpoint” – made up of three jeeps and a couple of cement blocks – on the busy road from Ramallah to Tulkarm between the villages of Beit Iba and Beit Lid. They refused to let any Palestinians pass going in both directions starting…

  • Palestinians Open Checkpoint by Laying down on Settler Road

    by Ali Omar and Raad Today, July 26th, at 5pm, the IOF closed Yesthar checkpoint (west of Nablus) in all directions for all Palestinian and settlers passing on the road. They re-opened it at 7pm for just the settlers, while there were dozens of Palestinians waiting to go back to their homes. Previously the road…

  • Settlers Burn Farmer’s Land

    by Harry Pockets On Wednesday, July 19, 4 volunteers from then International Solidarity Movement accompanied a farmer from the village of Al Jab’a whose fields had been burned by settlers. Al Jab’a is a small farming village located in the shadow of the Gush Etzion settlement bloc. The settlers from a settlement outpost, Beit Aien,…

  • Israeli Incursions to Ramallah Continue

    by Rann Around 10:15pm on Tuesday, July 25th 2006, ISM activists were alerted to a large army operation taking place in the Ein Omesharayet neighborhood of Ramallah. Four activists arrived at the scene around 15 minutes later to act as eyewitnesses to the assault. Israeli special forces had taken position near a six-storey building. Several…