• ISM Regional Update: The Unique Position of the Jordan Valley

    Introduction The Jordan Valley lies in the east of the West Bank and runs from the Sea of Galilee in the north to the Dead Sea in the south. Since the Six Day War in 1967, Israel strengthened its grip of the occupied area because of its great political, economic and geographical importance. The occupation meant the beginning of the colonization of the Jordan Valley, which has drastically increased since the second Intifada in 2000, when…

  • Britain denies under 19 Palestinian football team entrance into the UK

    From the Palestine Solidarity Campaign Many organisations spent weeks and months planning to host the Palestinian Under 19 football team in a 3 week visit to the UK in September. This visit is no longer going to take place as the British Consulate in Jerusalem has refused to grant visas to the entire team and coaches. The British Government, in a decision apparently taken at a senior level, have refused entry visas to the entire team.…

  • The story of Sima – Female Political Prisoner

    Sima is a 35 year old Palestinian woman who was released approximately four months ago following two and a half years in an underground Israeli jail. She has four young children who were left without any parents during her stay in prison, as the Israeli army had assassinated her husband a little while prior to her incarceration. On the eve of Sima’s wedding, her brother and cousin were out buying some jewelry for her as a…

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