• Settlers destroy part of protest tent outside Al-Kurd family home, East Jerusalem

    10th October 2008 – Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, Occupied East Jerusalem At 11.30 am on the 10th October, the settler family occupying part of the Al-Kurd family home in East Jerusalem destroyed part of the protest tent established by the Al-Kurd family in defiance of their eviction order. This move from the settlers was despite an…

  • PCHR Narratives Under Siege: Gaza factories continue enforced downsize as imports remain banned

    In order to highlight the impact of the siege and closure of the Gaza Strip on the civilian population, PCHR is publishing a series of “Narratives Under Siege.” These short articles are based on personal testimonies and experiences of life in the Gaza Strip, and we hope they will serve to highlight the restrictions, and…

  • Harvesting olives on the Green Line in Gaza

    Film by Fida Qishta. Language editing by ISM Gaza On the 9th October, members of ISM Gaza supported an action organised by a Palestinian youth group called The Local Initiative. Olive farmers were accompanied onto their land, situated extremely close to the Green Line, under the shadow of several Israeli watchtowers. Palestinian and international activists…

  • ISM Gaza join 2008 Olive Harvest Campaign

    Many farmers in the Gaza Strip are being denied access to their land by Israeli occupation forces. An arbitrary ‘buffer zone’ is being imposed hundreds of metres deep long the Green Line. Agricultural land has been destroyed in these areas and massive numbers of olive and fruit trees have been bulldozed, devastating the livelihoods of…

  • ISM Gaza: Israel continues to breach ceasefire agreement with attacks on fishermen

    On Wednesday 8th October, international Human Rights Workers (HRWs) accompanied Palestinian fishing boats off the coast of Gaza. In the morning, while sailing about 7 nautical miles from shore, Israeli gunboats approached the Palestinian fishing boats. After request from Palestinian captain, one of the internationals talked on VHF radio. Despite that fact, Israeli gunboats continued…