Tag: Israeli Army

  • Jamal, steadfastness and a death

    Jamal, steadfastness and a death

    21st March 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Ni’lin, occupied Palestine Jamal is younger than I am but he doesn’t look it. He is always there, as are all the storekeepers in the souk and he always greets us, as does nearly everybody (walking down the souk when it is open can be…

  • Targeting of children and civilians in Ni’lin

    Targeting of children and civilians in Ni’lin

    19th March 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Ni’lin, occupied Palestine On 18th March 2016, Palestinian villagers of Ni’lin protested against the Israeli land-theft and illegal settlements and the continuous violence Israeli forces use to stifle the weekly non-violent protests. Villagers commemorated Rachel Corrie, an American activist killed by Israeli forces in Gaza,…

  • Checkpoint harassment – everyday ‘normality’?

    Checkpoint harassment – everyday ‘normality’?

    17th March 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Occupied al-Khalil (Hebron) is a city of far too many checkpoints. Operated by heavily armed Israeli forces, they create obstacles that  all Palestinians must cross in order to go about their daily lives in al-Khalil: to go to school or work, to…