by Alistair George 10 December 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Although Palestinian prisoners endure harsh conditions in Israeli prisons, including and physical and psychological torture, their families are also severely punished through the policies of the Israeli authorities. ...
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Dozens teargased in the village of Bil’in west of Ramallah
by Sameer Bornat 9 December 2011 | Friends of Freedom and Justice-Bilin Dozens were wounded by poison gas suffocation in the weekly march organized by the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements in Bil’in, with the participation of a ...
Read More »Breaking the Silence: An interview with Yehuda Shaul
by Alistair George 6 December 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank “If you don’t look nice, you don’t spend too many hours in front of the mirror,” says Yehuda Shaul, one of the founders and Executive Directors of Israeli ...
Read More »Susiya continues to pave the road despite Israeli settlement activity
by Aida Gerard 4 December 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank One 17 year old boy from Yatta, Khalid Al Hurush, was arrested during a peaceful action in Susiya, and several people were beaten by the Occupation Forces on ...
Read More »Jerusalem: Sumarin family receives news that eviction is temporarily delayed
by Wahed Rejol 28 November 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Today in the Wadi Hilweh neighborhood of Silwan, the Sumarin family awaited a ruling from Israeli court on the pending eviction from their home. Israeli news reported this ...
Read More »Following night raids, Nabi Saleh continues to march for justice
by Aida Gerard 25 November 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank The Occupation Forces invaded An Nabi Saleh village three times injuring several people by shooting directly at demonstrators with tear gas canisters and rubber coated steel bullets on Friday, ...
Read More »Dkaika: Israel continues to expel Bedouins
by Aida Gerard 23 November 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank The entire Bedouin village of Dkaika encounters demolitions, and all the villagers face expulsion. Every single construction of Dkaika has a demolition order totally over 75 demolition orders ...
Read More »Al Baqa’a: The struggle of a family in the shadow of illegal annexation
by Alistair George 17 November 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank “The Israelis hope that that the young people leave, the old people die, and then they can confiscate the land and the houses” says Sami, an activist working ...
Read More »Al Qasab demolished as hundreds of Israeli soldiers watch
by Guillaume and William 15 November 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank This morning, on Tuesday 15th November, national day of Palestine, three houses in Al Qasab near Jericho were destroyed by the Israeli military. During the early morning, between ...
Read More »Palestinian Freedom Riders to ride settler buses to Jerusalem
13 November 2011 | Freedom Riders Inspired by the Freedom Rides of the US Civil Rights Movement Palestinian activists will attempt to board segregated Israeli settler buses to occupied East Jerusalem Groups of Palestinian Freedom Riders will attempt to board ...
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