• Jordan Valley: threat of imminent demolition hangs over the village of Al Hadidiya

    Jordan Valley: threat of imminent demolition hangs over the village of Al Hadidiya

    by Ben Lorber  7 December 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Before the 1967 Israeli occupation of the West Bank, Al Hadidiya, near the Jordan Valley villages of Tubas and Jiftlik, was inhabited by over 100 families. Today, only 14 families remain. Since 1967, the village has been demolished four times, and over 3000 dunums…

  • Commemorating the anniversary of the First Intifada in the no go zone

    Commemorating the anniversary of the First Intifada in the no go zone

    by Nathan Stuckey 6 December 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza Twenty four years ago, on December 9, 2011 a revolution began.  The revolution began in Gaza, it was the First Intifada.  After twenty years of Israeli occupation Palestinian resistance exploded in full force.  Boycotts, demonstrations, tax refusal, all of these were the strategies of…

  • Israel continues wave of West Bank housing demolitions in East Jerusalem

    by Wahed Rejol 6 December 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Following the violent demolitions in Qalqiliya yesterday, and in Beit Hannina and Silwan on Sunday, Israel continued its displacement of Palestinians throughout the West Bank today in occupied East Jerusalem. On the day Israel announced a plan to forcibly remove 2300 Palestinians from their homes, a demolition team arrived in Al…

  • Family fears their son is dying within Israeli prison

    Family fears their son is dying within Israeli prison

    by Alistair George  6 December 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Mohammad Awad is a 16 year old Palestinian boy, he is in an Israeli jail and he is gravely ill – his family believe that he is not receiving the right treatment and that he may be dying. As they sit in their…

  • Home Demolitions: Child dragged out by his throat

    Home Demolitions: Child dragged out by his throat

    by Sarah 5 December 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On Monday the 5th of December, in the Azzun district of Qalqiliya, a stone factory was destroyed at 6:00 am. The owner, Hussain Anam, explained to us that the factory was built 3 years ago, but his only demolition notice was when the bulldozer…