• 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…

  • A West Bank village opts for peaceful protest to broach the Wall

    By MOHAMMED KHATIB The Seattle Post Intelligencer seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/233676_arab24.html Sunday, July 24, 2005 Israel’s planned evacuation of its illegal Gaza settlements is a positive step but it should not be mistaken for the end of Israel’s military occupation. While the world’s media focuses on Gaza, the Israeli government is using the opportunity to expand settlements in…

  • Swedish Activist Apprehended At Tel Aviv Airport

    Swedish ISM-activist Shora Esmailian is currently being held at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv. She arrived 15.00 yesterday and was interrogated for ten consecutive hours. A representative from the Israeli Defence Departement in charge of the interrogation demanded information from Esmailian about certain Palestinians. We do not know if Esmailian even has any information.…

  • Crackdown on peace activists in West Bank

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Israeli forces employed an increased level of brutality against nonviolent Palestinian, Israeli and foreign activists Friday during demonstrations in the West Bank villages of Asira and Bil’in. ASIRA Over 250 villagers of Asira, in Nablus district, gathered at 10 a.m. Friday to begin the demonstration for free movement and against military closures…

  • Agricultural buildings in West Bank village demolished for Israel’s illegal wall

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Residents in the West Bank village of Fundook awoke at 7 a.m. this morning to the sound of their livelihood being demolished as heavy equipment sent there by the Israeli military began demolishing agricultural structures to make way for Israel’s illegal Annexation Barrier. Fundook is a small village in the West Bank…