Tag: Arrests
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Imad Abu Shamsiya: A lifetime of resistance
1st May 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil Team | Hebron, occupied Palestine On the morning of the 24th of March around 8:30 am two Palestinian youths, Ramzi Aziz al-Qasrawi, 21, and Abed al-Fattah Yusri al-Sharif, also 21, were shot to death by Israeli forces after an alleged stabbing attempt in the Palestinian neighbourhood of…
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Illegal settler visits impose severe restrictions on Palestinian presence in al-Khalil
27th April 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil | Hebron, occupied Palestine During this week’s ‘Pessach’ celebrations from 22nd to 29th April, Israeli settlers and Israeli forces throughout occupied al-Khalil (Hebron) have been taking over Palestinians houses, rooftops, streets and entire areas while denying passage for Palestinians. Last Friday night, with the start of the ‘holiday’,…
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Release of a cold-blooded killer illustrates the racism of Israeli society
23rd April 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Yesterday, Elor Azraya, a soldier in the Israeli army, infamous for the extrajudicial execution of Abed al-Fattah al-Sharif in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron), has been released to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Pessach with his family. 21-year old Abed al-Fattah al-Sharif was lying…
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Sami Janazreh enters 46th day of hunger strike
17th April 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, Al-Khalil Team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Today volunteers from ISM attended a demonstration in Al-Khalil for Prisoners’ Day. Once the main demonstration had ended in the city a group of young Palestinians invited the volunteers to the Fawwar refugee camp outside the city. At the camp they were…
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Excessive use of force and collective punishment at demonstrations in remembrance of Palestinian political prisoners
17th April 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Kafr Qaddum, Nabi Saleh & Ofer, occupied Palestine On 15th April, weekly demonstrations against the Israeli occupation were held throughout the occupied West Bank commemorating ‘Prisoner’s Day’. Kafr Qaddum village has been separated from their main access road to the Palestinian city of Nablus for 13 years.…
