• Israeli forces extra-judicially kill pardoned Palestinian

    At approximately 9:30pm on Monday 1st December, Israeli Special Forces entered Balata refugee camp in Nablus and arrested 28 year old Mohammad Kamal Abu Thraa – an ex-freedom fighter who had been granted amnesty by Israeli authorities in exchange for serving time in Palestinian prison. Two hours later he was pronounced dead from gunshot wounds.…

  • Candle-light vigil held in Nablus in solidarity with Gaza

    On the evening of November 30th, Palestinians from the West Bank city of Nablus assembled in the city centre to show support for the people of Gaza, who have been denied access to food, water, medicine and electricity as a result of the complete closure of the Gaza Strip by Israeli authorities. To commemorate the…

  • Ni’lin holds prayer demonstration against the Apartheid Wall

    28th November 2008 – Ni’lin village On Friday 28th November at 12.30pm approximately 150 Palestinians, internationals and Israelis gathered in protest against the illegal Apartheid Wall that is now under construction on Ni’lin village’s land. The army met the protesters with teargas and rubber-coated steel bullets half a kilometer before they reached the construction site…

  • ISM Gaza Strip: IOF bulldozers and tank on Gazan land east of Khan Younis

    On Thursday the 27th of November a group of ISM volunteers who were accompanying farmers and monitoring the situation in Khouza’a east of Khan Younis, observed a concentration of IOF (Israeli Occupation Forces) behind the Green Line. At about 10.15 a.m. two D-9 armoured bulldozers and a tank crossed the fence and entered the Gaza…

  • Reaction in Gaza as the boats stolen by the Israeli navy are returned damaged

    Three Palestinian trawling vessels confiscated by Israeli naval forces were returned on Thursday 27th November. ISM Gaza Strip made this video as the boats were finally returned. Almost immediately following the announcement that three Human Rights Groups had filed an appeal against Ehud Barak and the commander of the Israeli navy the boats were returned…