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Palestinian fisherman kidnapped by the Israeli navy in Gaza waters

11th January 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Rosa Schiano | Gaza, Occupied Palestine On Wednesday, 8th January 2014, 27-year-old Palestinian fisherman Mohammed Sultan Al Khader had was arrested by the Israeli navy in Gaza waters. He had been fishing with his two brothers, Ahmad and Hamdi, on a small fishing boat, called a hasaka. Al Khader was released in the evening. “We went fishing at about 6:oo am,” he said at his home in Beit Lahiya in the northern…

January 10, 2014

UPDATED: Palestinian activist arrested in night raid in Nablus

07th January 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Nablus, Occupied Palestine Updated 10th January: Sireen Khudairi was released at 17:15 on the 8th of January. Sireen was brought inside Salem Court at 10:30am after being made to stand outside for an hour with her hands and feet shackled and without a jacket. Once brought into the courtroom Sireen endured relentless questioning until 17:00. During this time her feet remained shackled. Sireen was brought to Salem at 08:00am after being kept at Huwwara…

January 10, 2014

Two international activists to be deported after their arrest is declared illegal

09th January 2014 | International Solidarity Movement | Occupied Palestine Yesterday, Wednesday 8th January, at approximately 11am in Khalil (Hebron), Vincent Mainville and Fabio Theodule (Swiss and Italian citizens respectively), were arrested by Israeli border police officers. The two international activists were first detained while trying to stop Israeli forces firing live ammunition and tear gas canisters towards a group of Palestinian youth and children throwing stones towards the soldiers. Israeli forces accused the two activists of…

January 9, 2014