Tag: International law

  • 12 year-old boy beaten by soldiers in Azzun

    By Team Nablus 14 February 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Azzun, Occupied Palestine Azzun is a village of 10,000 people in the West Bank, located near Route 55 and located between the Qarne Shomron, Ma’ale Shomeron and Alfe Menashe settlements. Unemployment stands at 49%. Azzun is surrounded by the Israeli military, which raids the village…

  • Two Brothers Resistance To The Occupation Of Tel Rumeida

    By Team Khalil 15 February 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Hebron, Occupied Palestine Two brothers, Hani and Hashem Al Azzeh, who have had enough of the harassment they face on a daily basis from the Israeli occupation forces and settlers, are taking legal action to remove a military tower placed on the roof of one…

  • A settlements `bio-war` against the ancient city of Sabastiya

    12 February 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Sabastiya, Occupied Palestine Sabastiya is an ancient city located just 10 km north of Nablus, West Bank. It contains Canaanite, Israelite, Hellenistic, Herodian, Roman and Byzantine ruins as well as the tomb of John the Baptiste. The winding city streets along with its history make Sabastiya an ideal…

  • Families home destroyed for the second time in a year

    by Team Khalil 11 February 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, West Hebron Hills, Occupied Palestine Israeli occupation forces demolished a home near Idna, without warning or having issued a demolition order. The Family had their house destroyed one year ago. At 10am Monday 11-2-2013 Israeli bulldozers arrived at Dir Baluda, near Idna and demolished the…

  • Update: ‘They are not the same as you’ – detention continues for Kufr Qaddoum prisoners

    By Ben Greene, Ellie Marton, and Anna Conroy 17 October 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On Monday 15th October, Palestinian political prisoners Majd and Abdulateef Obeid appeared before a military court for a third time. Their lawyer argued that, as four international activists arrested at the same time with the same evidence had…