• Israeli navy spray chemical substance at Gazan fishermen

    The Israeli navy continuously attacked Palestinian fishing boats in Gaza throughout yesterday (4th November), using live ammunition and a high-powered water cannon containing a noxious chemical substance. International Human Rights Observers (HROs) accompanying several fishing boats off the coast of Gaza approximately 8 nautical miles from shore reported that the Israeli navy constantly shot live…

  • ISM Gaza reports from the Olive Harvest Campaign 2008 in the ‘buffer zone’

    This is a compilation of reports of Olive Harvest in Beit Hanoun and Beit Lahiya, 11th, 13th, 16th & 30th October. Video by Fida Qishta. ISM Gaza Strip volunteers living in the Gaza Strip have been assisting farmers living in the Buffer Zone areas of Beit Hanoun and Beit Lahiya with their olive harvest during…

  • Activist puts himself on the (front) line of Gaza’s fishing war

    By Ben Lynfield To view original article, published by MidEast Youth on the 3rd November, click here Friday was a typical day at sea for Scottish pro-Palestinian activist Andrew Muncie, with Israeli machine gunfire raking the waters around the boat carrying him and the Palestinian fishermen whose cause he has embraced.. Mr. Muncie, 34, from…

  • Five people injured as Ni’lin maintains its resistance to the construction of the apartheid wall

    November 2, 2008 On the 2nd November, a demonstration against the Apartheid Wall began in Ni’lin at 1.30 in the afternoon. 50 Palestinians gathered with 6 internationals by the municipality and marched towards the construction site in hopes of intervening with the construction work on the wall. When the demonstrators were stopped by the presence…

  • Settlers attack again in Hebron following eviction from illegal outpost

    Report by Brighton-Tubas Friendship and Solidarity Group Members of the Brighton-Tubas Friendship and Solidarity Group and International Solidarity Movement (ISM) are joining local Palestinians in Hebron who are defending a house under attack by Israeli settlers from Kharsema settlement. They are sleeping at the house of a Palestinian family who live close to the ruins…