• Interview with Hashem Azzeh: “They want me to move but I will never give up, we are still fighting until we get our freedom”

    Interview with Hashem Azzeh: “They want me to move but I will never give up, we are still fighting until we get our freedom”

    18h December 2013 | International Solidarity Movement | Occupied Palestine Hashem Younes Azzeh is a 50-year-old resident of Tel Rumeida, he is married with 4 children and is a graduate of Hebron and Jordan Universities. Can you tell us about the situation in Hebron in general and why it is unique in the West Bank? The city of Hebron is divided into two parts. One part is called H1, it is under the Palestinian Authority control and H2,…

  • At Gaza sit-in for detainees, Um Rami and Um Dia’a hope sons will be released next week

    At Gaza sit-in for detainees, Um Rami and Um Dia’a hope sons will be released next week

    17th December 2013 | Resistenza Quotidiana, Silvia Todeschini | Gaza, Occupied Palestine Every Monday, activists and relatives of political prisoners in Israeli jails attend a solidarity sit-in inside the courtyard of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza. The perseverance of these women and men, who have met here every week for eighteen years, is admirable, but this Monday was animated by a special hope. Um Rami is waving a small Palestinian flag and holding…

  • Palestinian child wounded by Israeli gunfire while harvesting potatoes in Gaza

    Palestinian child wounded by Israeli gunfire while harvesting potatoes in Gaza

    17th December 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Rosa Schiano | Gaza, Occupied Palestine On Sunday, 15th December, a young Palestinian was injured by Israeli gunfire in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip. Mohammed el-Shanbary, age 17, was harvesting potatoes. “I went to work at 9 am,” el-Shanbary said. “After about 30 minutes, the soldiers started shooting.” He was working with the owner of the land and another person about 500 meters from the wall that separates…

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