Tag: Interview
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‘Our kites fly over the invisible borders and reach what we cannot’: ISM speaks to Yasmeen Najjar at the annual kite festival in Burin
29th June 2018 | International Solidarity Movement, Al-Khalil team | Burin, occupied Nablus Burin is a small village located seven kilometres to the southwest of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, and is home to around 3000 people. The village is surrounded by multiple illegal Israeli settlements, and is subjected to constant violent settler attacks…
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ISM speaks to ‘Aref Jaber about the increase of raids by Israeli forces in his neighborhood
23rd June 2018 | International Solidarity Movement, Al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine ‘Aref Jaber lives in the Jaber neighbourhood in the H2 area of occupied Hebron, under Israeli control. He is a local activist and works with Human Rights Defenders filming and publicising the violations of international law committed by Israeli forces in his…
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‘The camera is our peaceful weapon’: In conversation with the youngest activists in Hebron
Translated by Badee Dueik and interpreted for written article by ISM members Abdullah and Saleh live with their families in the Tel Rumeida area of occupied Hebron, under Israeli control. They are both twelve, and have been best friends for around four years. They are the youngest members of Human Rights Defenders (HRD), a collective…
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‘Why Ahed slapped the soldier’: an interview with Bassem Tamimi
12th June 2018 | Mondoweiss | Nabi Saleh, occupied Palestine This interview with Bassem Tamimi was recorded on May 4, 2018 in the occupied village of Nabi Saleh, by International Solidarity Movement activists. His daughter Ahed Tamimi, 17, is serving an eight-month prison sentence for slapping an Israeli soldier on the family’s property on December 15…
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Resistance and empowerment in al-Khalil’s women’s cooperative
ISM met with the founder of al-Khalil’s largest women’s cooperative to discuss business, the occupation and women’s empowerment. Idhna is a small town to the west of al-Khalil, located less than a kilometre from the separation wall that divides Israelis from Palestinians. It is also home to the main workshop of Women in Hebron, a…
