Tag: Jordan Valley

  • Peaceful protest ends in deportation and imprisonment

    Peaceful protest ends in deportation and imprisonment

    20th January 2014 | International Solidarity Movement | Occupied Palestine   On Saturday 18th January during a peaceful protest in the Jordan Valley, 19-year-old Ahmad Walid Atatreh, a Palestinian activist and 24-year-old Sven W, a German activist who lives in Switzerland, were arrested and beaten after a march held in Jiftlik Adam Junction. Ahmad is a law student, studying at Al-Quds University in Jerusalem. The…

  • One Palestinian and one international activist arrested in peaceful protest in the Jordan Valley

    One Palestinian and one international activist arrested in peaceful protest in the Jordan Valley

    18th January 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Jordan Valley, Occupied Palestine A Palestinian activist and an international were arrested today whilst peacefully protesting in the Jordan Valley. The international activist is falsely charged by Israeli forces with endangering people’s lives on the road, assaulting a soldier and trying to grab his rifle. The…

  • Constructive Resistance in al-Aqaba

    28th May 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Al-Aqaba, Occupied Palestine Al-Aqaba, a village with the smallest local council in the West Bank, continually rises above its size and situation by demonstrating community strength through non-violent resistance and proactive development. Since 1967 the village has suffered greatly under the Israeli occupation and faces…