Tag: Ethnic Cleansing

  • Aggressive young Israeli settlers provoke anger in Damascus gate, Jerusalem

    Aggressive young Israeli settlers provoke anger in Damascus gate, Jerusalem

    14 May 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, Al-Quds team | Jerusalem, occupied Palestine The 12th of May 2016 notes the day Israel calls Independence Day. For Palestinians, Israeli Independence Day means the start of the Naqba in 1948 (the Catastrophe) and the loss of their homeland, which is still ongoing today. We had traveled to…

  • Human Rights Defender Abdullah Abu Rahma arrested and detained

    Human Rights Defender Abdullah Abu Rahma arrested and detained

    15th May 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil Team | Bil’in, occupied Palestine UPDATE 23d of May 2016: Abdullah was released from military prison on the evening of the 22nd. He must return to military court on the first of June for a hearing of the appeal of the military prosecution against the decision to…

  • Al-Nakba day: The biggest crisis in the history of Palestine

    Al-Nakba day: The biggest crisis in the history of Palestine

    15th May 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Occupied Palestine Today, 68 years ago, the state of Israel was created on the Palestinian peoples’ home. The anniversary falls after a winter and spring with an escalation in violence and arrests of Palestinians, ever-expanding Israeli settlements in the West Bank and the Palestinian capital…