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Vigil at Ofer Military Base for Peace Activist Abdullah Abu Rahme
On Sunday, July 31st, Israeli, Palestinian and international peace activists will hold a vigil at the Ofer Military Base at 3 PM to protest the imprisonment of Abdullah Abu Rahme. Abdullah, a leader of the Bil’in Popular Committee Against the Wall has been in detention at Ofer Military Base since his arrest during a non-violent…
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Palestinians Give the Israeli military a ‘Gift House’
They Receive Rubber Bullets and Tear Gas in Return in Bilin by Ninna and Palle Today’s demonstration in Bil’in sent a message to world. “Even though settlers are being removed from Gaza, many new settlements are being built in the West Bank.” The 27-foot Apartheid wall eats up more land for existing settlements and tears…
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Border Police `lie about violence at fence protests’
By Jonathan Lis Ha’aretz Daily For more than six months, dozens of Israelis and hundreds of Palestinians have been demonstrating every weekend against the construction of the separation fence near the West Bank village of Bil’in. These demonstrations, defined by participants as peaceful, frequently turn into violent clashes with the Border Police’s Company 22, assigned…
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Peace means the freedom of movement
July 29, 2005 by Sarita Ahooja Eight ISM Internationals from Canada, Sweden, and Spain, along with 5 Israeli activists joined in a spirited march with the villagers of Asira to protest military closures and demand free movement for Palestinians. The demonstrators walked along Sabataash road (5km distance to Nablus) towards the 3 giant mounds of…
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ISM MEDIA ALERT: Hebron residents protest at internal checkpoints
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Hebron residents protest at internal checkpoints INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT — The city of Hebron is dissected by a labyrinth of checkpoints that keep people isolated not only from elsewhere in the occupied Palestine, but often from the other end of town. On Saturday at 11:30 a.m., Hebron citizens plan to demonstrate against…
