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Long-awaited maintenance works offer rare sight for Palestinians in al-Khalil
30th March 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine On Wednesday 29th March 2017 Israeli forces opened a blocked-off street for the first time in almost two decades to allow long-overdue sewage system works. The alley in occupied al-Khalil, open for less than a day, gave Palestinians the rare opportunity to see…
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Dozens protest against AIPAC in Hebron sunshine
26th March 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Dozens of Palestinians gathered in Tel Rumeida, al Khalil, to protest against the annual AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee) conference held in Washington, DC. Lacking the freedom of movement to protest in DC, the people of Hebron still want their voices to be…
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Palestinians shot with live ammunition during demonstration near Al-Mughayyir
24th March 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah team | Al-Mughayyir, occupied Palestine On 24th March 2017 the popular resistance in Al-Mughayyir, north-east of Ramallah, held a demonstration against a new illegal outpost which was established approximately 10 days ago by Israeli settlers who set up caravans on Palestinian land. Basic buildings and infrastructure have…
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Political Prisoners absent during Palestinian Mother’s Day
23rd March 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah Team | Kafr ad-Dik, Occupied Palestine On 21st of March, Palestine celebrated their Mother’s Day. A group of Palestinian and international activists visited the village of Kafr ad Dik in the Salfit municipality. The activists delivered roses to the mothers and relatives of political prisoners and sat…
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The fire under our feet: a journal piece
I’m OK. Actually, personally, my family and I are well, Alhamdililah! But I can feel the intensified fire under our feet. I know the feeling. And I know the explosion that comes after it. This week alone the Israeli apartheid government has escalated its actions, bombing Gaza daily while tightening the already lethal siege around…
