27 January 2012 | Chroniques de Palestine How do you continue your life after your home had been demolished? How do you cope with the uncertainty of having a roof for your children and protect them from the cold and ...
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“We die a little bit inside us each time”: 2 more homes demolished in Bedouin village of Umm Al Kheer
by Tom 26 January 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Israel demolished the homes of two families in the Bedouin village of Um Al-Kheer in the South Hebron Hills last week, on Wednesday January 25th. The demolition team arrived ...
Read More »Eight homes ordered to be demolished in Khalit Al-Dar
by Jack English 17 January 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On January 4th, an Israeli military commander served 8 demolition orders in the town of Khalit Al-Dar, just south of the city of Al-Khalil, also known as Hebron. ...
Read More »Kufr Qaddoum: Not peanuts in the colonists’ jar
by Amal 16 January 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank The cold and rain did not keep the residents of Kufr Qaddoum from protesting this past Friday. Even the hail storm did not stop them from demanding their equal ...
Read More »We Remember: Tom Hurndall
13 January 2012 | International Solidarity Movement Tom was 21 years old when he was shot. A photography student, he had left the UK to volunteer as a ‘human shield’ in Iraq. Here he heard about the ISM, one of ...
Read More »Palestine doesn’t ask for aid, but for freedom and recognition
by Emma 13 January 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank I always knew I would go to Palestine one day. It wasn’t until I met my four friends from Gaza, Motasem, Mohammed, Hussein and Mo’min, during my time as an exchange ...
Read More »13 January 2009: Hibba al-Najjar
13 January 2012 | Palestinian Centre for Human Rights “The first two years I could manage but this year I have been suffering a lot from the loss of my mother. When I see girls from my school with their ...
Read More »Al Jab’a: “If the judge is your enemy, who are you going to complain to”
by Sarah Morand 28 December 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank At first sight Al Jab’a appears as an idyllic Palestinian village, and sitting in a lovely garden under big olive trees, this seems like a perfect escape to ...
Read More »Shu’fat: Forced to pay taxes from behind a checkpoint and wall
by Jenna Bereld and Samar 19 December 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On December 18, 2011 residents of Shu’fat and activists protested against the separation wall in front of the new checkpoint. A certain loss of demonstrators was ...
Read More »Khan Al-Ahmar: Forced expulsion of Bedouins from Area C
by Alistair George 13 December 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank “From the 1970’s until today, the Israelis used to demolish our tents and houses but not to deport us” says Abu Hamis, a member of the Jahalin Bedouin ...
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