• Reflections from an Irish Activist in Palestine (Part 1/3)

    The following is not an attempt at a comprehensive analysis of the current situation in the Occupied Territories of Palestine. Instead, it is a reflection on the past few weeks I have spent with the International Solidarity Movement in the city of Hebron and its environs and what brought me here in the first place.…

  • Jayyus Village Demonstrate Against Theft of Land, Life, and Culture

    Jayyus, September 8th On Saturday, the 8th of September, 50 villagers from Jayyus and the surrounding area met together with an equal number of Israeli and international activists to demonstrate non-violently against the Apartheid Wall. They gathered at one of the gates in the wall which local farmers have to go through to reach their…

  • Needless House Occupation During Daytime Incursion

    Nablus, September 8th On the Saturday the 8th of September the Israeli army invaded the home of the Abu Shhab family in Nablus. Twenty soldiers and four vehicles arrived at the house at 15:00 and threw all the inhabitants outside. When humanitarian and medical workers arrived they were not allowed in the vicinity of the…

  • Action Alert: Demonstration in Jayous 10am 8th September

    Jaayus, Saturday Sept. 8th at 10:30 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE On Saturday, September 8th, a demonstration has been organized in the village of Jayous. As the olive season soon begins, more than 30 work permits the local villagers need to access their lands have been denied “because of opposition on the part of security elements.” Many…

  • ISM-Member Akram killed during clashes in Jenin

    6th September 2007 Akram Ibrahim Abu Sba’, member of the ISM regional committee Jenin and co-founder of one of ISM’s first permanent presences was killed by members of Islamic Jihad in the north Palestinian city of Jenin. Akram was killed on duty, when he tried to smooth tensions between members of Palestinian security forces and…