9th December 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus team | Nablus, Occupied Palestine On December 8th in Nablus, the Israeli army broke into the homes of two families in Balata refugee camp and arrested two young Palestinians, 19-year-old Mujahed al ...
Read More »Israeli settlers and soldiers invade Balata refugee camp
20th September 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus team | Occupied Palestine On the 17th of September, under heavy Israeli army protection, Israeli settlers from nearby illegal settlements entered Nablus with the aim of praying at Joseph’s tomb in Balata refugee camp. ...
Read More »A story from Balata refugee camp
22nd July 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus team | Balata, Occupied Palestine The Abu Leel family are refugees, who fled from Haifa to Balata refugee camp in Nablus in 1948. Asma Alshmeer gave birth to 10 healthy children, five ...
Read More »Video: Settlers and soldiers storm Joseph’s tomb in Balata
21th August 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Balata Refugee Camp, Occupied Palestine Last night, hundreds of settlers accompanied by Israeli forces invaded Balata refugee camp in Nablus to pray at Joseph’s Tomb. Israeli soldiers shot tear gas ...
Read More »Balata Refugee Camp: The toll of human rights violations and imprisonment
by Alex 9 May 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank The 9th May marks the 22nd day of the Palestinian prisoners mass hunger strike. Today as with every day, the prisoners’ families and friends met at Nablus Prisoners’ tent ...
Read More »Turtles in Aqraba
by Jonas Weber 10 February 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank “Hurry up you turtles!” Wael yelled in the distance. He had suddenly turned this walk into some kind of contest. We skipped across the rocky landscape of Palestine, ...
Read More »In Photos: Balata cleans up for a place to run free
by Amal 3 December 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank It is hard to describe the joy of a simple yet so meaningful clean up day, and the beauty of children playing in a stress-free environment. We joined residents ...
Read More »The psychology and coping of Balata refugee camp
by Alistair George 30 September 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Balata refugee camp, 2km east outside of Nablus, in the North of the West Bank, is a densely packed grid of permanent buildings and tight streets, many narrower ...
Read More »Seven Palestinians arrested during Nablus military raids
5 November 2009 In the dead of night, at 2am, Thursday 4 November, the Israeli Occupation Force made a series of military raids on civilian home in Nablus, arresting 7 young men. Al-Ein camp was brutally attacked by a force ...
Read More »Israeli forces invade Balata refugee camp
29 June 2009 Early morning the 29th of June, the Israeli Occupation Force invaded four houses in the Balata Refugee Camp in Nablus. The soldiers arrested 3 boys of between 16 and 17 years old, without letting them or their ...
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