International Solidarity Movement 13 May 2010 Hundreds of settlers held disruptive celebrations in the Palestinian neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah yesterday in honor of “Jerusalem Day”. Dancing, screaming and praying in the street, the settlers disrupted life for over six hours, ...
Read More »Setter harassment assaults Sheikh Jarrah in preparation for “Jerusalem Day”
International Solidarity Movement 12 May 2010 Sheikh Jarrah witnessed the unwelcome presence of over two hundred settlers Tuesday evening, who sang songs and chanted nationalistic propaganda in the street near the evicted homes. This disruption lasted several hours, included up ...
Read More »Mosque gutted by fire
International Solidarity Movement 7 May 2010 The small village of Al Libban (Libban al Sharquia) sits in rolling hills planted with olive trees, approximately half way between Ramallah and Nablus. The villagers are simple fellahin – farmers – growing wheat ...
Read More »Israeli demolition campaign in three towns across the West Bank
Popular Struggle Coordination Committee 14th April 2010 In an aggravation of Israeli policy of home demolitions, a house and two shops were razed in the Central West Bank village of Hares this morning. An additional house was reduced to rubble ...
Read More »Legal proceedings to evict Sheikh Jarrah family postponed
11 March 2010 Today in the West Jerusalem Shalom court, activists gathered from around the world to support two Sheikh Jarrah families in their eviction trial only to learn that the trial will be postponed. Jewish settlers have occupied the ...
Read More »Cultivating Resistance: Khirbet Bir al ‘Idd
International Solidarity Movement 27 February 2010 Last week, two small, rural outposts were awaiting two payloads from a 4×4 that was snaking its way along the winding, West Bank roads of the South Hebron hills. The first was the material ...
Read More »Settler and IOF violence at Sheikh Jarrah erupts into riot
International Solidarity Movement 25 February 2010 One Palestinian man arrested, one woman and child pepper sprayed and two children injured as settler provocation turns into a riot. Spirits were high in the protest camp outside the Gawi and Al-Kurd families’ ...
Read More »The Mountains to An Nabi Salih
International Solidarity Movement 19 February 2010 There was an odd collection of internationals rousing in our media office this morning. We were an eclectic mix of activists from the US, Denmark, France, England, Sweden and Taiwan preparing to head out ...
Read More »Silwan Demands Justice in Anticipation of Home Demolitions
International Solidarity Movement 19 February 2010 A vigil began close to 12:30PM at the protest tent in the neighborhood of Silwan, East Jerusalem. More than one hundred Silwan community members gathered to listen to speeches and commenced mid-day prayer in ...
Read More »Collective Wall-Building Effort Baffles IOF in An-Nabi Salih
International Solidarity Movement 12 February 2010 Israeli army and border police used tear gas, stun grenades, rubber- and plastic-coated bullets, live ammunition and “stinky water” to disperse close to 150 Palestinians who tried to reach their village well in An-Nabi ...
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