• Israeli forces sit on graves: ‘securing’ Islamic cemetery with barbed wire

    Israeli forces sit on graves: ‘securing’ Islamic cemetery with barbed wire

    16th January 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Israeli forces on Sunday, 15th January 2017, have put up new barbed wire at the edge of an Islamic cemetery in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron), showing no respect for the graves. The Islamic cemetery is located alongside Shuhada Street in the heart of…

  • Newborn baby – a security-threat?

    Newborn baby – a security-threat?

    14th January 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Imagine coming to a checkpoint, manned by a relentless occupying army, on your way home from hospital, holding your new baby who is less than a month old. At the checkpoint, the occupying army refuses to let you pass – insisting that you…

  • Staring down the barrel of a gun

    Staring down the barrel of a gun

    14th January 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine According to the theory of realism within the field of international relations, conflict and war is the outcome of an actual threat (a material/military threat). That is, war breaks out when one country is threatening the security of some other country by…

  • In memory of Tom Hurndall

    In memory of Tom Hurndall

    13th January 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Gaza, occupied Palestine January 13th, 2017 marks the 13th anniversary of British ISM activist, Tom Hurndall’s, death. He was shot in the head by Israeli forces in Gaza, while working with other ISM members to peacefully protest the shooting by Israeli forces in the Yibna…

  • Sleeping on duty – occupation soldiers in Hebron

    Sleeping on duty – occupation soldiers in Hebron

    12th January 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine On  January 12th, 2017, Shuhada checkpoint in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron) stayed closed for over half an hour, while–as it appears–soldiers were sleeping. In the meantime, long queues of Palestinians trying to reach their homes formed outside the closed checkpoint. The Shuhada checkpoint…