Tag: Arrests

  • Israeli prison industrial complex in motion

    by Lisa 30 October 2011 | International Solidarity Movement West Bank During a settler tour around the old city in Hebron on Saturday, where dozens of Israelis were guided around in a sort of parade, a Palestinian man named Yousef Salim Issa Al Batch, passed by and was stopped by Israeli police. He had a…

  • Ashraf Abu Rahmah in the midst of circus military court

    Ashraf Abu Rahmah in the midst of circus military court

    by Maria Stephanya 28 October 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank The proof is all there: photos, videos, witnesses. All of them showed that Ashraf Abu Rahmah, one of the main activists of popular non violent struggle in the village of Bil’in, Palestine, walked peacefully on the road which goes from Bil’in’s recent liberated…

  • Ashraf Abu Rahmah was arrested for being himself

    Ashraf Abu Rahmah was arrested for being himself

    23 October 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank To some soldiers of the Israeli army, staying alone, being quiet, and carrying a flag is a crime. To them, people who act in that way should be arrested. At least we can come to that conclusion when we think about the arrest of Ashraf Abu…