The International Solidarity Movement is calling all activists and supporters to take urgent action against Israel’s ethnic cleansing of the Masafer Yatta region in the occupied West Bank. What is Masafer Yatta?: Masafer Yatta is a rural region ...
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Read More »Grandson of Holocaust survivors deported from Israel for volunteering
An Austrian citizen of Jewish origin and grandson of Holocaust survivors was banned yesterday from entering Israel on suspicion of volunteering in Palestine. After being interrogated, searched, and held for 6 hours at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport, Edmond Sichrovsky, 23, was forcibly deported to Amman, Jordan.
Read More »Statement on “postponement” of Regavim London talk due to activist pressure
Yesterday, UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) announced the “postponement” of a talk by extremist pro-settler group Regavim in London due to opposition from British, Israeli, and Palestinian activists. Regavim, which receives funding from the Israeli government, is not only anti-Palestinian ...
Read More »Al Shoroq: The activist farmers resisting Israeli annexation in Beit Ummar
August 20 | International Solidarity Movement | Beit Ummar, Occupied Palestine Beit Ummar is an agricultural town and farming community just north of Hebron, with a populace of about 17,000. Al Shoroq, a Palestinian led group comprised of ...
Read More »Inheriting resistance in the South Hebron Hills: “I am my father’s daughter, if he can do this, so can I… and more”
August 6 | International Solidarity Movement | South Hebron Hills, occupied Palestine “My life is occupation … all the time you have to be ready for the bad, and the most bad you can imagine,” Sameeha Huraini tells me, as ...
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August 11 | International Solidarity Movement | Hebron, occupied Palestine Whilst continuing my work with ISM this year, I spent four weeks working at the Hebron/al-Khalil office of Defence for Children International focussing on the way that the occupation has ...
Read More »Water Series: ‘There’s no law in the world that says you can cut water from humans’
August 3 | International Solidarity Movement | South Hebron Hills, occupied Palestine This is the second of a series of reports documenting the control and devastation of water sources by Israel as a tool of oppression. Israel is ...
Read More »Mondoweiss: Israel is planning on demolishing dozens of East Jerusalem homes under PA control
July 18 | Yumna Patel | Mondoweiss In less than 24 hours, 42-year-old Ismail Obeidiya, his wife Nida, and their six kids, could be made homeless. It’s a terrifying reality that Obeidiya is struggling to grapple with, his unease and ...
Read More »Villagers live in fear and uncertainty as four more homes demolished in South Hebron Hills
June 18, 2019 | International Solidarity Movement | South Hebron Hills, occupied Palestine Occupation forces went on a demolition spree yesterday in the South Hebron Hills, bulldozing the homes of four families in two villages. A convoy of border police, ...
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