• AFP: Palestinian family evicted from emblematic Jerusalem home

    To view original article, published by AFP on the 9th November, click here JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israeli police evicted a Palestinian family from their east Jerusalem home at dawn on Sunday in the wake of a prolonged court battle with Jewish settlers and just two days before municipal elections. Armed security forces surrounded the al-Kurd…

  • ISM Gaza: Resistance is plowing the fields of Fukharee

    Fukharee, Gaza Strip, Palestine, 11th November 2008 By Donna Wallach On Tuesday 11th November 2008, four international Human Rights Observers accompanied some farmers to plow their fields for wheat, rye and lentils. The day started out with a long walk to the field. As in previous accompaniments to the “Buffer Zone”, the fields waiting to…

  • Al-Kurd family evicted from their home in East Jerusalem – Eight international solidarity activists arrested from protest camp

    Israeli police have evicted the Al-Kurd family from their home in Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem, and arrested 8 international solidarity activists that were staying on the property. The evicted Al-Kurd family have been staging a 3 1/2 month popular campaign against their eviction, establishing a protest camp and regular community actions (www.sheikhjarrah.com) At around 4:30am,…

  • Israeli soldiers terrorise villagers in Zawata

    Three households were terrorised by Israeli soldiers in the village of Zawata on Friday night, 7th November. At least twenty Israeli soldiers from the nearby military base at Shave Shomron stormed through the upper parts of the village on foot – throwing sound bombs and firing at family homes; surrounding houses and forcing families out…

  • FGM: Dignity arrives in Gaza

    To view the Free Gaza Website click here Larnaca: The DIGNITY pulled into Gaza at 9:15 a.m. Gaza time after an uneventful trip from Cyprus. The 23 passengers and crew on board were tired but ecstatic that they’d arrived. The 11 members of various European parliaments, originally denied entrance through the Rafah border, had made…