• Arrest and abuse of ill 16-year old in Urif

    21st April 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Urif, Occupied Palestine By Team Nablus An innocent 16-year-old boy was abused and arrested on Tuesday April 16th in Urif, despite his grandfather and uncle rushing to show documents that he is seeking medical attention for a possible cancer diagnosis. He was wrongfully accused of stone-throwing as he…

  • Twelve-year-old arrested and blindfolded in Hebron

    20th April 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Hebron, Occupied Palestine By Team Khalil Ahmed Ibn Bilal Abu Rumeileh, a 12-year-old boy from Hebron, was today arrested in the Old City and detained for over an hour before being released. Ahmed was riding his bike through Bab Al-Baladia when six Israeli soldiers stopped him and arrested…

  • Activists remove section of apartheid wall in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners

    17th April 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah, Occupied Palestine This Palestinian Prisoners Day, the 17th April 2013, Palestinian and international activists cut down a fenced section of the Israeli apartheid wall in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli occupation jails. A section of around ten metres was torn down near Ofer prison, where…

  • Urgent concerns over death threats issued to UN Human Rights defender, Issa Amro

    18th April 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Hebron, Occupied Palestine By Team Khalil There are growing concerns for the safety of non-violent Palestinian activist and organiser Issa Amro, following a recent letter to Israeli security forces from Israeli settlers of Hebron, accusing Amro of terrorism and incitement, and warning that a failure of the Israeli…

  • Salfit continues to suffer from illegal settlement sewage

    18th April 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Salfit, Occupied Palestine By Team Nablus The agricultural district of Salfit, about 25 miles north of Jerusalem, is facing health and environmental problems throughout its villages because of a constant stream of sewage from nearby illegal Israeli settlements, most notably Barkan and Ariel settlements which also hold illegal…