• The Independent: Britain to crack down on exports from Israeli settlements

    By Donald Macintyre in Jerusalem To view original article, published on the 3rd November, click here Britain is taking the lead in pressing the EU to curb imports from Israeli producers in the occupied West Bank as a practical step towards halting the steady increase in the construction of Jewish settlements. An internal EU note circulated by the UK expresses concern that goods produced from the settlements may be entering Britain after being illegally exempted from…

  • Israeli Occupation Forces invade Al Faqr refugee camp

    Early on the morning of Monday 3rd November, approximately 400 Israeli soldiers entered Al Faqr refugee camp to the north of Nablus city, destroying homes, throwing tear gas and sound bombs and imposing a curfew on the camp. At 2am soldiers disrupted the sleep of the residents of the camp, raiding almost 200 homes and causing widespread destruction and intimidation. Soldiers occupied 5 homes inside the camp, locking the families inside and cutting phone and power…

  • ISM Gaza: Gazan fisherman injured during Israeli water cannon attack

    On Friday 31st October, 2008, seven trawling vessels from the port of Gaza City were accompanied by ten international human rights observers. Activists from the International Solidarity Movement were joined by volunteers from the Free Gaza Movement who reached Gaza on October 29th on the MV Dignity. The fishing fleet left port at about 07:30. By about 10:00 the fleet had scattered slightly and a couple of Israeli naval gunboats were on the scene, followed by…

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