Tag: International law
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Deported
24th October 2016 | Sarah Robinson | occupied Palestine On Monday, 17 October 2016, I was deported from Israel. This is my story. I left Johannesburg on Sunday evening, 16 October, and flew to Istanbul, Turkey. The check-in process was smooth and I was asked no security related questions. I had a six-hour stopover in…
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‘We are strong and we will be free’ – Hashem Azzeh memorial
24th October 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine One year has lapsed since the passing of Hashem Azzeh, a devoted husband and loving father of three, and close friend of ISM. Hashem died following an exacerbation of a latent heart condition that was triggered by tear gas inhalation suffered in…
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Israeli Forces Shoot a Palestinian Fisherman for the Third Time
24th October 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza-team | Gaza, occupied Palestine On Sep 5th, 2016, the Gaza fisherman, Ahmed Mohamed Zaied. 32 years of age, was fishing along with his friend using a hasaka (small boat). They were fishing closer than 1.5 miles in the Palestinian territorial waters, in the northern part of the…
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Olive harvest next to the illegal settlements in Bruqin
23rd October 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah-team | Bruqin, occupied Palestine On October 21st, an ISM-team joined farmers in the village of Bruqin, Salfit district, for the olive harvest. The family’s fields are occupied by an illegal Israeli settlement and they are denied access to their land by the Israeli military except during the…
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“No Palestinians during the holiday”: Palestinian man harassed during Sukkot
21st October 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Late Thursday morning, as Palestinian schools in the Old City of occupied al-Khalil (Hebron) were dismissing their students early due to enhanced settler activity, Israeli forces harassed a Palestinian man and denied him his right of movement through the large parking lot…
