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Video – Wave of child arrests intensifies in Hebron
21th July 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil Team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine On the evening of Sunday, July 14, in the old city of Hebron two Palestinian children named Mohammed and Ahmed, both aged 13 years old, were arrested. Though joining a wave of child arrests in Hebron during the last weeks, the arrests of the two boys stand out because of the massive number of soldiers and police actively participating. The first boy, 13…
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Restriction of movement remains for Palestinians during Ramadan
20th July 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah Team | Qalandiya, Occupied Palestine On the second Friday during Ramadan, hundreds of Palestinians from the West Bank crossed Qalandiya checkpoint to access Jerusalem and pray at the Al Aqsa mosque. From the early hours of Friday, many hundreds of Palestinians from all across the West Bank queued at Qalandiya checkpoint, the main access to Jerusalem. Although the first prayer of the day was at 4am, Israeli authorities…
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Video- Kafr Qaddum demonstration against the Prawer Plan violently repressed by the Israeli army
20th July 2013 | International Women’s Peace Service | Kafr Qaddum, Occupied Palestine On Friday 19 July, the residents of Kafr Qaddum gathered for a demonstration against the Prawer Plan, an Israeli government plan that will ethnically cleanse the occupied al-Naqab desert. Protesters were violently attacked by Israeli soldiers who repeatedly raided the village firing tear gas, rubber-coated steel bullets and sound grenades. At approximately 11:00, residents attempted to construct a defensive barricade at the eastern…

