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VIDEO: Israeli forces fire tear gas and stun grenades at children in Hebron
21st May 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine This morning in al-Khalil (Hebron), several children threw stones towards Checkpoint 29 on their way to school. At approximately 07:40, 13 Israeli soldiers and border police officers entered through the checkpoint and fired four tear gas grenades and four stun grenades at the children. The…
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VIDEO: Israeli forces shoot and kill two Palestinian teens near Ramallah
20th May 2014 | Defense For Children International Palestine | Occupied Palestine Unlawful killing of two Palestinian teens outside Ofer – Video from Defense For Children International Palestine Israeli forces killed two Palestinian teens during clashes on Thursday outside the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah. Nadeem Siam Nawara, 17, and Mohammad Mahmoud Odeh Abu Daher, 16, were…
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Action alert: Letter writing campaign against criminal activity in Tel Rumeida
19th May 2014 | International Solidarity Movement | Occupied Palestine The Israeli occupation uses many methods to take over land – from settlements and military camps to the nature reserve and political treaties. However, the Abu Haikal family of Tel Rumeida in Al-Khalil (Hebron), faces a much more unexpected enemy: archaeologists. Currently, the family home is…
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Photo story: Palestinians protest the deaths of two martyrs
17th May 2014 | International Solidarity Movement | Ofer, Occupied Palestine On the 16th May, Palestinians protest on the road to Ofer prison, following the murder of two Palestinian youths on the same road on the previous day during the Nakba Day protest. The youths, 22-year-old Muhammad Audah Abu al-Thahir and 17-year-old Nadim Siyam Nuwarah, were…
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Hunger strike by human rights defender Ms Shireen Essawi as trial postponed by one year
17th May 2014 | Front Line Defenders | Occupied Palestine On 8 May 2014 human rights defender and lawyer Ms Shireen Essawi began a hunger strike after learning of the postponement of her trial for nine months and a day. She is charged with cooperating with actors who are working against the state of Israel. Shireen Essawi…
