• Israeli army detains a 10-year-old during the weekly demonstration in Kafr Qaddum

    14th June 2013 | International Women’s Peace Service | Kafr Qaddum, Occupied Palestine On Friday 14 June, the Israeli army arrested a 10-year-old child during the weekly protest in Kafr Qaddum. Israeli soldiers fired tear gas canisters and sound bombs at the villagers; many local residents suffered from tear gas inhalation. At approximately 12:00, when residents…

  • Settlers from Bracha attack and harass farmer on his land

    13th June 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Al Rujeib, Occupied Palestine On Friday 7th June five settlers from the illegal settlement of Bracha attacked a farmer on his land, using sling shots to throw stones at him near Huwwara checkpoint. The same settlers continued to harass the farmer in the following days…

  • Note under a rock: “We’re stealing your land”

    12th June 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Bruqin, Occupied Palestine It was only days after it had been placed that a farmer accidentally found a piece of paper that stated he was no longer the owner of his own land. The undated paper, in Hebrew and Arabic, had been hidden under a…

  • A word of caution from settlers to internationals in Hebron

    11th June 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil Team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine On the evening of Thursday, 6 June 2013, a fellow activist and I were walking home from an innocent venture to get a refrigerator door in the Prayers’ Road area of the H2 area of Hebron.  My companion saw out of the…

  • School’s out; harassment continues in Hebron

    11th June 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil Team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine The Hebron street where the Israeli army and Police have recently been regularly intimidating schoolchildren and teachers was today the scene of harassment of a different nature. Tareq Bin Ziyad Street in Hebron was the scene of a mass arrest of schoolchildren…