23 August 2010 | ISM Media Bil’in The weekly demonstration in the village of Bil’in this week saw protesters draw attention to the recently published photos of the abuse of Palestinian prisoners by the Israeli army. A handful of the ...
Read More »Successful outcome in Swedish peace activist’s legal appeal against Israeli sentence banning him from Palestine
20 August 2010 On Thursday 12 August 2010 Swedish peace activist Marcus Regnander’s legal battle with the Police Department of Hebron ended successfully. His appeal against a sentence which banned him from the West Bank for six months, after being ...
Read More »Live ammunition used on demonstrators in Gaza who move a section of the buffer-zone fence
18 August 2010 | ISM Gaza On Tuesday morning a demonstration in Gaza by Palestinian activists from Local Initiative Beit Hanoun, with four International Solidarity Movement volunteers and other international activists and journalists was met with live ammunition fired by ...
Read More »West Bank demonstration reports
An Nabi Saleh – 13/8/2010 On Friday around 35 Palestinians demonstrated against Hallamish settlement with around 15 Israeli and international peace activists in the village of An Nabi Salih. When the peaceful demonstration started, as usual after the noon prayer, ...
Read More »Army violently attack Hebron demo again – yet only an innocent British peace activist is charged with assault
15 August 2010 | International Solidarity Movement On Saturday Palestinians were joined by internationals and Israelis in their weekly demonstration, asking for the opening of Shuhada Street and responding to the closure of three shops in the old city earlier ...
Read More »Hebron, Iraq Burin, Beit Ommar rise up
West Bank protests on Saturday 7 August 2010 Hebron On Saturday August 7th Palestinians were joined by Israeli and international protesters to demonstrate against the settlements and to demand the opening of Shuhada Street. About 60 people gathered to march ...
Read More »Emily Henochowicz speaks out: art student shot with tear gas canister interviewed on Democracy Now!
6 August 2010 | Democracy Now! Emily Henochowicz speaks out: art student who lost her eye after being shot by Israeli tear gas canister in West Bank protest discusses her life, her art, and why she plans to return JUAN ...
Read More »The weekend in protests
August 2010 | ISM Media Reports of all the weekend demonstrations in the West Bank attended by ISM activists. Bil’in: tributes paid to Olympia and music from rappers in solidarity with Palestine (July 30th) Dozens suffered from tear gas inhalation ...
Read More »Fabricated charges lead to Swedish activist being banned from West Bank
23 July 2010 | ISM Media Team Correction, 27 July 2010: Marcus’s surname was originally wrongly spelled ‘Rednander’ but has now been corrected. Bogus charges As part of Israel’s increased attempt at hindering the work of Palestine solidarity activists, an ...
Read More »Israeli soldiers detain former European Parliament Vice President in Bil’in
23 July 2010 Israeli soldiers detained the former Vice President of the European Parliament, Luisa Morgantini, in Bil’in this afternoon, injured one Israeli activist., and arrested another. Sixty nine-year-old Morgantini, an Italian Member of the Euopean Parliament (MEP) has long ...
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