• Eight shebab [youths] kidnapped in Asira al-Qibliya

    Eight shebab [youths] kidnapped in Asira al-Qibliya

    2nd June 2014 | International Women’s Peace Service | Asira al-Qibliya, Occupied Palestine At around 2 am on Sunday night, five Israeli military jeeps, three large military vehicles, and some 30 soldiers on foot arrived in the village of Asira al-Qibliya (south of Nablus). In total silence, they started entering Palestinian houses without knocking on their doors first. That…

  • Human rights organizations request immediate intervention from EU Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton

    Human rights organizations request immediate intervention from EU Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton

    1st June 2014 | Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association | Ramallah, Occupied Palestine Baroness Catherine Ashton High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Vice-President of the European Commission 242, rue de la Loi B-1049 Brussels Date: 01 June 2014 Re: Mass Hunger Strike of Palestinian ‘Administrative Detainees’ Dear High…

  • The case of Rachel Corrie

    The case of Rachel Corrie

    1st June 2014 | Jack Pine Tribune | Occupied Palestine Over a decade after Rachel Corrie was crushed under the blades of an Israeli bulldozer in Rafah, her parents Craig and Cindy Corrie found themselves in the halls of the Supreme Court of Israel. The Corries were appealing a verdict handed down in 2013 by Judge Oded…

  • Israeli soldiers detain 7 and 10-year-old boys in Hebron

    Israeli soldiers detain 7 and 10-year-old boys in Hebron

    1st June 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine This morning in al-Khalil (Hebron) Israeli forces detained two young Palestinian boys, 10-year-old Fares Abu Senene and 7-year-old Haitham Asrawi for one hour. ISM activists spoke to an eyewitness who explained that the boys has been held for at least 30 minutes. For one of…

  • Photo story: Palestinians march in Tulkarem to defend their right of return

    Photo story: Palestinians march in Tulkarem to defend their right of return

    31th May 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus team | Tulkarem, Occupied Palestine On the morning of the 31st of May, several buses filled with Palestinian and international activists from across the West Bank gathered in Tulkarem to march towards the Natanya checkpoint, used only by the Israeli military forces. Political groups, Palestinian civil society and…