9th September 2016 | International Solidarity Movement | Ramallah, occupied Palestine At a time of increasing settler violence in the West Bank, the International Solidarity Movement is issuing an urgent call for volunteers to participate in the 2016 olive-harvest on ...
Read More »First day in Al-Khalil
6th September 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Today was my first full day as an ISM’er in Al-Khalil (Hebron). A regular part of our work is to monitor Israeli checkpoints beside schools in the ...
Read More »Achieving education under occupation
31st August 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine The 28th of August 2016, a new school year in occupied Palestine has started after a 3-month summer holiday. In the occupied West Bank city of al-Khalil ...
Read More »School-children tear-gassed on 2nd day of school
29th August 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine On 29th August 2016 Israeli forces at Salaymeh checkpoint in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron), fired rounds of tear gas as school-children attempted to make their way home through ...
Read More »As Israel steps up its demolition programme the EU logo gets lost in the rubble
27th August 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Umm al-Kheir, south Hebron, occupied Palestine The villagers of Umm Al Khair look out at the remains of their EU-funded community center that now lies as rubble. Villagers tell of ...
Read More »Control and ID-check of Palestinians
23th August 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine As a Palestinian you have to have your ID on you at all times, otherwise you may get detained or arrested. In Palestine they have 3 different ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »“It’s not very quiet there” – the invasion of Al Fawwar refugee camp
Tuesday morning at 8:30 we received a call from Badee Dwaik, one of the co-ordinators of Human Rights Defenders, a Palestinian human rights group, about the unfolding situation in Al Fawwar refugee camp. Around 2:00 that morning, hundreds of Israeli ...
Read More »Settlers tour H1, Palestinian movement restricted in Bab E Zawiyeh
14th August 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Surrounded by many Israeli Army and Border Police personnel, a group of several dozen Israeli settlers two days ago went on a tour of Bab E Zawiyeh, an area ...
Read More »Increased Israeli military harassment in Hebron
12th August 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine This Friday, like every other Friday, was a day that many Palestinian Muslims go to the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron to worship. It was also yet another day ...
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