• Prisoner Solidarity and Anti-Wall Protest to Continue in Bil’in on Friday in the Face of Continued Military Suppression

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE This Friday at 12:00 pm the villagers of Bil’in together with Israeli and International supporters will hold another creative non-violent march to the construction site of the Apartheid Barrier. The main theme of this week’s demonstration will be prisoner solidarity. Due to the recent night-time raids by the Israeli military, seventeen non-violent…

  • Round-up of Recent Events in Qawawis

    ISM volunteers have been maintaining a presence as Human Rights Observers (HROs) in the tiny Palestinian village of Qawawis (population approx. fifteen), as requested by locals. The vunerable village is often subject to attack and harrassment from nearby Israeli settlers. The following is a brief summary of recent events. On the 11 of October at…

  • Two sides, one goal

    Palestinian, Israeli tour Bay Area to support non-violent resistance to military occupation By Katherine Corcoran Originally published in the Mercury News Ayed Morrar, 43, a Palestinian, puts his arm on the back of Jonathan Pollak, 23, an Israeli, and says, “He’s like my son.” The two are touring the Bay Area through Wednesday, when they…

  • Three More Night-time Arrests in Bil’in; Soldiers Use Human Shield

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Israeli soldiers invaded Bil’in last night and made three more arrests of young men and boys. Three jeeps of Border Police arrived about 1:30 am and went into several houses to make arrests for alleged stone throwing during demonstrations. Once again, the people of the village came out on the street to…

  • Eyewitness to Night-time Raids in Bil’in

    by Jesse Last night at about 1:40am we were called to the streets by local Palestinians of the village of Bil’in where we were staying the night. A force of three jeeps full of Israeli soldiers armed with M-16s were conducting night raids to arrest villagers in Bili’n. we were witness to two of the…