• Palestinian farmer injured by Israeli army fire

    17th June 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Rosa Schiano | Gaza, Occupied Palestine Friday afternoon, June 14, 2013, Muhareb Abu Omar, a Palestinian farmer aged 48, was wounded by Israeli army fire in the Deir El Balah, in the center of the Gaza Strip. Omar was irrigating his land in the village of Wadi As-Salqa,…

  • Two fishermen arrested by Israeli navy and their boat confiscated

    17th June 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Rosa Schiano | Gaza, Occupied Palestine During the night of Friday, June 7, 2013 there was an escalation of attacks by the Israeli navy against the fishermen of Gaza. The Committee of the fishermen of the Union of Agricultural Workers Committees had reported attacks along the coast of…

  • Mass protest aims to focus attention on Jerusalem

    16th June 2013 | The Electronic Intifada, Joe Catron and Patrick Strickland | Occupied Palestine Activists demonstrated internationally on Friday as part of efforts to focus attention on Israel’s aggression against Palestinians in Jerusalem. Known as the Global March to Jerusalem, the protests marked the 46th anniversary of theNaksa (setback) — Israel’s 1967 occupation of the Gaza Strip and West Bank, Syria’sGolan Heights,…

  • UPDATED: Army raids Burin’s cultural centre

    12th April 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Burin, Occupied Palestine UPDATE 16th June: On Wednesday 12th of June Burin’s cultural centre was invaded again by the Israeli army. They entered the village at 2am breaking into the Bilal Najjar Cultural Centre and taking documents and the centre’s  official stamp. The army spent around two hours…

  • Interview with two Palestinian paramedics: “They don’t care if we are medics or not. They target everything”

    16th June 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah Team | Nabi Saleh , Occupied Palestine M. and A. are two independent paramedics who regularly attend different protests against Israeli occupation of the West Bank. Israeli forces usually respond to Palestinian popular resistance with extreme violence, including the shooting of tear gas canisters, rubber coated steel bullets and…