• J-Post: ‘Israel is dividing Gazan, W. Bank populations’

    By Dan Izenberg To view original article, published in the Jerusalem Post on the 11th September, click here In the past year, Israel has stepped up its policy of separating the Gaza Strip from the West Bank and forcing Palestinians registered in Gaza or wishing to visit Gaza to forgo their right to live in…

  • ISM Rafah: Fishing in Gaza

    Saturday 6th September, it was just 09:30 and we were only 4 miles out to sea, having barely left Gaza’s coastline behind, when the gunboat’s heavy machine gun opened up, spraying the wake around our hull with bullets. There was no surprise. We’d just spent the previous 10 minutes watching as this Israeli gunboat harried…

  • “I used to dream about my future” – Israeli forces tear-gas school children in Ni’lin

    “I used to dream about my future. About going to university, getting married and having a family. I stopped doing that. I have to face that tomorrow I might be dead.” – Quote by a 16-year-old boy from Ni’lin when talking the military violence in the village of Ni’lin On Tuesday September 9th, the pupils…

  • Ni’lin continue their struggle against the apartheid wall

    On Monday September 8th 2008 approximately 100 Palestinians, Israelis and international solidarity activists marched in protest towards the construction site of the illegal apartheid wall in Ni’lin. Video By Israel Putermam Photos courtesy of Activestills The protest started at 1pm and ended at approximately 4pm. Rubber-coated steel bullets, tear gas and sound bombs were shot…

  • ISM re-establish presence in the Gaza Strip

    The International Solidarity Movement would like to announce the re-establishment of a presence in the Gaza Strip. International solidarity activists will be based in Rafah in efforts to show support for non-violent direct action against the Israeli occupation. As activists from the Free Gaza Movement broke the siege on Gaza in their historic and hugely…