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Moving the Goalposts: Delaying Palestinian Football Justice
Originally published by Visualizing Palestine For many years, the Israeli football association has given membership status to six teams that play in illegal settlements built on Palestinian land in the West Bank. This is in direct violation of FIFA’s rules, which state that permission is needed to play matches on another member’s territory. Instead of…
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Closure of Kifl Hares following several night raids and arrests
19th September 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team| Kifl Hares, Occupied Palestine “They punish us in all the ways they can” The last two weeks, 17 boys and men aged 16-25 have been arrested during night raids in the village of Kifl Hares. Since a week ago, the Israeli military have also closed off the main…
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Friday Protests Against Newly Planned Settler Municipality
15th September 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine On Friday the 15th of September, after noon prayer, a Palestinian demonstration started by the Ali al-Baka mosque within the old city of Hebron. People gathered to protest against the establishment of a new settler municipality within the H2 area of the…
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Israeli military presence in South-Eastern Hebron results in revolt from civilians.
14th September 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, Al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine On Thursday evening, at around 6:40pm, the Al-Khalil team was patrolling the city and came across Israeli forces stationed by the Tareq roundabout, in the Altahta area south of the city. The military teams consisted of two groups of around six soldiers,…
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Israeli forces invade Hebrons commercial center on Friday
10th September 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine On Friday, 8th of September, large amounts of Israeli soldiers went into the H1 area of occupied Hebron, supposedly under full Palestinian control. The army used teargas and stun grenades at one of the main junctions in downtown Hebron, effecting the accessibility…
