Category: Reports

  • Gazans fired upon with live ammunition at demonstration

    ISM Gaza 20th April 2010 Israeli army shot several rounds of live ‘warning’ fire at about 150 peaceful protesters who entered the so called ‘security belt.’ This belt consists of 300 meters of Palestinian land alongside the borderline. Israelis enforce a no-go ‘rule’ for Palestinians with lethal weapons. As for the Israeli army, they cross…

  • Spirit of resistance strong in Iraq Burin

    International Solidarity Movement 20 April 2010 Local and international activists broadcast a message of protest against settler and military violence in Iraq Burin last Saturday 17 April, marching to the threatened farmlands that lie between the village and the illegal settlement of Bracha. The demonstration showcased the village’s spirit of resistance, refusing to waver in…

  • International activist arrested on false accusations in Sheikh Jarrah

    International Solidarity Movement 19th April 2010 At approximately 11.30pm on the 18th April, a British ISM activist, Robin Brown, was arrested in Sheikh Jarrah having been falsely accused by Israeli settlers of attacking them with tear gas. Those present in the hours leading up to his arrest insist this cannot possibly be true. Brown was…