• Celebrating Resilience: The Burin Kite Festival

    Celebrating Resilience: The Burin Kite Festival

    June 19 – Once a year, the skies of Burin come alive with a dazzling display of color and resilience. The Kite Festival, organized by residents and activists, brings the community together in a joyful celebration of resistance and steadfast joy. Against the backdrop of occupation, this festival has become a powerful symbol of the daily struggles and unwavering spirit of the people of Burin. Since 2008, the village of Burin has hosted the Kite Festival…

  • Resisting Colonization in Beita

    Resisting Colonization in Beita

    24 July 2024 | International Solidarity Movement | Beita Residents of Beita, south of Nablus, have restarted the weekly Friday demonstrations to resist the further theft of their land. In June, the Israeli security cabinet greenlighted the “legalization” of Evyatar, an outpost established on Sabih Mountain, situated on the outskirts of the town. Beita residents have a long history of steadfastly resisting the colonization of their land. While demonstrations had almost ceased since October 7 due…

  • Israeli Settlers in the West Bank Brutally Attack and Injure Palestinians and International Volunteers Only One Day After ICJ Rules Israeli Occupation Illegal

    Israeli Settlers in the West Bank Brutally Attack and Injure Palestinians and International Volunteers Only One Day After ICJ Rules Israeli Occupation Illegal

    On the heels of the ICJ decision pronouncing Israeli occupation illegal as a whole and pointing out to systematic lack of accountability for settler violence, three international volunteers were evacuated to a hospital in Nablus after being attacked by settlers in the West Bank village of Qusra, south of Nablus. Israeli authorities on location failed to arrest the assailants. Settlers who descended from the extremist Esh Kodesh south of Nablus, attacked Palestinian farmers tending to their…

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