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Olive tree planting in Kafr ad Dik

7th February 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Kafr ad Dik, Occupied Palestine On the morning of February 5, ISM volunteers travelled with around 50 Palestinian activists from the Salfit area to the village of Kafr ad Dik to take part in an olive tree planting action organised by the Joint Council of Salfit (a newly formed coalition which includes a group of municipal councils in the Salfit area and the Palestinian Youth Union). The…

February 7, 2015

Demonstrators face military violence for protesting Israeli President Rivlin’s visit

5th February 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil Team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine On Monday, February 2nd, Palestinian demonstrators faced military violence at the hands of Israeli forces in occupied Al-Khalil (Hebron). Protesters gathered in Bab Al-Zawiye, on the H1 (Palestinian administered) side of Shuhada checkpoint, to denounce Israeli president Reuven Rivlin’s visit to the illegal Israeli settlement of Beit Hadassah. Israeli sodliers and border police fired rounds of tear gas and numerous stun grenades, injuring at least two protesters.…

February 5, 2015

Demolitions in Qusra

3rd February 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Qusra, Occupied Palestine In the early morning of February 2nd, 2015, Israeli forces demolished a two-room structure, a water well, and damaged a stone wall in Qusra, Occupied West Bank. All of the destroyed property was on land belonging to brothers Anwar and Akram Tayseer. Israeli forces, at approximately 5:00am, destroyed the property with bulldozers. When farmers went out into their fields at 5:00am, five Israeli military…

February 3, 2015