• Several people injured at the International women’s day demonstration at Qalandiya checkpoint

    05 March 2011 | International Solidarity Movement At the 5th of March several protesters at Qalandiya checkpoint were injured. Among the injured were a 23 year old Swedish ISM activist hit by a tear gas grenade. The grenade burned her skin and left a bleeding wound on her arm, burned her hair, and left her…

  • Inspired by Egypt, young Palestinians lead movement to end division

    Vittorio Arrigoni Translation by Daniela Loffreda. The mighty flow of blood and hope from Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, Bahrein, Algeria and Lybia has also washed over young Palestinian minds in Gaza. What started as a stream has become a torrent and will soon spill its banks. Palestine’s 25 January will be 15 March. Palestinians are working…

  • Bombing is southern Gaza: 18-month child injured

    3 March 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza On February 26, Jamal Abo Hiatham Sharikhi (33 years) had his home destroyed by bombing from the Israeli military, and his 18-month old daughter was injured on her head by broken glass. He described the experience in this way: “It was 2 o’clock in the afternoon. I…

  • Scrap collector injured in the North

    26 February 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza As his family was hungry but running out of cooking gas, Khaled Mohammed Al-Hsunmi (37) went out to collect wood. Cooking gas in Gaza is scarce and expensive (the siege does not allow much gas to enter), so Khaled regularly goes on a hunt for wood. Burning…

  • West Bank Palestinians anticipate settler’s ‘Day of Rage’

    Violence of settlers against Palestinians throughout the West Bank is a known issue and is often excessive, vandalizing, injuring, and sometimes lethal. One month ago, in a span of two days — the 27th and 28th of January — two young men were killed in settler attacks. One, 20-year old Oday Maher Hamza Qadous was…