Tag: Kafr Qaddum
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Women of Kafr Qaddum: Steadfastness and determination
12th August 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Kafr Qaddum, Occupied Palestine In June 2013, a photo depicting Suriah Mahmood from Kafr Qaddum won first prize in a photography compitition in Qatar. International activists met Suriah to talk to her about non violent Palestinian resistance and the village of Kafr Qaddum. The people…
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Welcome to Palestine: tear gas and coffee
10th August 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Anna, Nablus Team | Kafr Qaddum, Occupied Palestine I came to Palestine last Tuesday and joined the weekly protest held on Friday the 8th of August in Kafr Qaddum. The demonstration represented non-violent resistance against the land grab and for the freedom of movement in the village. Kafr…
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Resistance in Kafr Qaddum met with military violence and collective punishment
26th July 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Kafr Qaddum, Occupied Palestine The Israeli military invaded the village of Kafr Qaddum multiple times on Friday 26th July, firing excessive teargas, sound grenades and rubber bullets at the people of the village. They were also armed and prepared to use live ammunition against peaceful…
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Video- Kafr Qaddum demonstration against the Prawer Plan violently repressed by the Israeli army
20th July 2013 | International Women’s Peace Service | Kafr Qaddum, Occupied Palestine On Friday 19 July, the residents of Kafr Qaddum gathered for a demonstration against the Prawer Plan, an Israeli government plan that will ethnically cleanse the occupied al-Naqab desert. Protesters were violently attacked by Israeli soldiers who repeatedly raided the village firing…
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Two years of demonstrations in Kafr Qaddum: “Our struggle will continue until we fulfill our rights”
5th July 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Kafr Qaddum, Occupied Palestine On the 4th of July 2013, the village of Kafr Qaddum defiantly celebrated two years of Friday demonstrations, which began in July 2011. The celebration, which included speeches and performances by village youth, was followed the next day by a further…
