• Mosque gutted by fire

    International Solidarity Movement 7 May 2010 The small village of Al Libban (Libban al Sharquia) sits in rolling hills planted with olive trees, approximately half way between Ramallah and Nablus. The villagers are simple fellahin – farmers – growing wheat and fruit in addition to their olive trees. The pride of the village is the…

  • Demonstrators succeed in delaying illegal wall construction; brutal military violence hospitalizes three

    International Solidarity Movement 6 May 2010 Sitting peacefully in front of the formidable D9 Caterpillar bulldozer, demonstrators were successful today in temporarily halting construction of Israel’s illegal annexation wall. In the village of Al Walaja, approximately 20 Palestinian, Israeli and international activists disrupted work on the wall for nearly 30 minutes. Highlighting the systematic racism…

  • Two Little Girls: Murder in the Jordan Valley

    International Solidarity Movement 5 May 2010 We stopped by the roadside at the spot where the two little girls had been killed. Their blood still stained the cushion on which they had been sitting, fragments of the military jeep which had rammed their father’s tractor still littered the ground. Janaa Fakha (8), her sister Maasa…

  • Youth against Settlements organizes another successful demonstration in the heart of Hebron

    Youth Against Settlements 4 May 2010 On Saturday 1st May 2010, Youth Against Settlements held the second of their new, weekly, non-violent demonstrations in the heart of the Old City of Hebron. The demonstration calls for the opening to Palestinians of Shuhada Street and freedom of movement for all Palestinians in Hebron. Approximately 80 Israeli,…

  • Israel admits use of Shin Bet to watch international activist

    International Solidarity Movement 4 May 2010 For immediate release: Ramallah, Occupied Palestinian Territories, PM – Israel has exposed the extent of its crackdown on resistance in an affidavit submitted to the Supreme Court on April 29, claiming that the Shin Bet intelligence agency has been conducting surveillance on ISM activist and Australian citizen Bridget Chappell…