Tag: Beit Ummar

  • In Photos: Palestinians unite to support prisoner hunger strike

    In Photos: Palestinians unite to support prisoner hunger strike

    12 October 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank and Gaza On Tuesday the 27th of September, an open-ended hunger strike was initiated until the fulfillment of 9 demands by Palestinian prisoners, which include the right to family visits, end to the use of isolation as a punishment against detainees, and profiteering of Israeli prisons from…

  • Beit Ummar steadfast in supporting prisoners despite LRAD and teargas

    Beit Ummar steadfast in supporting prisoners despite LRAD and teargas

    7 October 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On the tenth day of the hunger strike of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, a crowd of around a hundred people took to the streets for a planned demonstration in the village of Beit Ummar, Hebron. This was one of a number of recent demonstrations across…

  • Broken wrists and arrests by Israeli military as farmers cultivate Beit Ummar

    10 September 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Supporting Palestinian farmers in Beit Ummar, international activists joined the weekly Saturday activities–clearing the land for cultivation despite the harrassment of Israeli military and illegal settlers, which resulted in the injury of a Palestinian man and the arrest of a British national, Jude Wells. At 9…