Tag: Global Actions

  • Open The Zone: personal accounts

    Open The Zone: personal accounts

    Saturday, May 28th (Mufeed Sharabati) Mufeed Sharabati, 50-years, Shuahda Street resident compares living in the closed military zone (CMZ) with prison – just worse: “Life here is even worse than being in jail. A prisoner knows when his sentence is over. A prisoner knows when he can have visits. No-one knows that here. We are…

  • Open The Zone: Palestinians are people – not numbers

    Open The Zone: Palestinians are people – not numbers

    3rd May 2016 | Open The Zone Campaign: International Solidarity Movement & Youth Against Settlements | Hebron, occupied Palestine *******UPDATE 20th May 2016******* The closed military zone order has officially been ‘lifted’ – many restrictions and discrimination remain. ******* 3rd May is number 186 of the closed military zone in Tel Rumeida and Shuhada Street.…

  • On the 1st of March, join our day of action to #EndHebronMilitaryZone

    On the 1st of March, join our day of action to #EndHebronMilitaryZone

    February 29th, 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil team | al-Khalil, occupied Palestine It has now been four months since the Israeli military declared part of Hebron a “closed military zone” in which Palestinian residents are no longer free to move, even to reach their homes. For the last four months, Palestinians and internationals have…

  • Aggressive settler interrupts nonviolent commemorative event hosted by Youth Against Settlements

    Aggressive settler interrupts nonviolent commemorative event hosted by Youth Against Settlements

    24nd February 2016 | Youth Against Settlements | Hebron, occupied Palestine Notorious settler Anat Cohen interrupted a peaceful movie screening, which was hosted by Youth Against Settlements to commemorate the victims of the Ibrahimi Mosque Massacre in 1994. Every night, Palestinians gather around a bonfire in the Salaymeh neighborhood of occupied Hebron to keep watch…

  • Mohammed al-Qiq on the verge of death: sign Avaaz petition to demand his freedom NOW!

    Mohammed al-Qiq on the verge of death: sign Avaaz petition to demand his freedom NOW!

    12th February 2016 |International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah Team | occupied Palestine   33-year-old journalist, Mohammed al-Qiq, is on his 80th day of a hunger strike in protest against his imprisonment without charges or trial. Al-Qiq’s health has deteriorated to the point of facing imminent death. We are making a call to the international community to…