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Threats of lethal Israeli violence stop a weekly demonstration in the Gaza Strip
5th March 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Charlie Andreasson | Gaza, Occupied Palestine The regular Friday demonstration at the “buffer zone” east of Jabaliya was stopped by Palestinian police and security forces. The Israel had send a message via Egypt to the Palestinian authorities in Gaza that it would not tolerate any demonstrations and that it intended…
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17 years old arrested at school in Al Sawiya
5th March 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Team Nablus | Al Sawiya, Occupied Palestine On Monday March 3rd, in the early afternoon, Obada Muhammad Saleh, a 17 years old Palestinian was arrested by the Israeli Forces in his school in Al Sawiya. Around 1pm last Monday, was school children were leaving Al Sawiya’s school, ten…
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Nightraid in Madama village
3rd March 2014| International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team| Madama, Occupied Palestine Last morning, early on Monday March 3rd, around 100 Israeli soldiers raided the village of Madama, south of Nablus, breaking in houses and detaining 15 people. All of the detainees were released later the same night. The Israeli forces entered the village around 2am and invaded…
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Bahaa runs for Palestine
4th March 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Rosa Schiano | Gaza, Occupied Palestine In the shadow of the bleachers of Yarmouk stadium in Gaza City, still damaged by Israeli bombing, 400-meter Olympic runner Bahaa Al Farra trains. Bahaa took part in the London Olympics, along with three other Palestinian athletes, in 2012. “I started racing at the age…
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PHOTOS: Palestinians rally in Gaza for hunger-striking and sick detainees
2nd March 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza Team | Gaza, Occupied Palestine In recent weeks, protests for both sick Palestinian detainees and those engaging in long-term hunger strikes have increased in the Gaza Strip. Last Monday morning, following a regular weekly sit-in in the International Committee of the Red Cross’ Gaza office, demonstrators rallied…
