Tag: Denial of Entry
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Security or humiliation?
20th August 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine People queuing up in lines at the checkpoint, a father with his wife, two toddlers and a baby in the arms. Trying to pass. A soldier yells at the mother who is carrying the baby to go back, “akhora. AKHORA!”, with a…
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Statement concerning Israeli measures against activists
8th August 2016 | International Solidarity Movement The International Solidarity Movement is a Palestinian-led movement with a mandate to support Palestinian nonviolent popular resistance to Israeli military occupation and apartheid. Palestinian-led nonviolent resistance includes the Palestinian call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions of Israel, until it adheres to its obligations under international law. ISM volunteers…
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The Gaza-blockade is causing an end to Gaza’s fresh water resources
7th August 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza-team | occupied Palestine As every year during the summer, the water shortage in the Gaza Strip is accentuated. At the same time, the energy shortage caused by the blockade prevents engines and water pumps from pushing it from wells and tanks to houses and farming fields. The…
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Beit Ummar’s children targeted by the Israeli army
30th July 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Beit Ummar, occupied Palestine Beit Ummar, a small town outside of Hebron, has a population of just 18000 people, around 200 of which are imprisoned, with 6o of those being below 18 years old. These children are often in administrative detention for over a year…
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Hunger strikes and family visits in occupation jails
30th July 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine A demonstration in solidarity with hunger striking prisoners and against the cut of family visits by the International Commmittee of the Red Cross was organised by the Hebron Defense Committee in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron) on 28th July 2016. The sit-in took place…
