Tag: Live Ammunition
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Children face fear and threat of violence after young woman shot in Hebron
22nd February 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine A day after 21-year old Yasmin al-Zarou was gunned down by Israeli forces when passing the Salaymeh checkpoint, many of the children were forced to walk right past where she had layn on the ground bleeding – where her blood is still…
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11 years of peaceful resistance in Bil’in
February 18th, 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah team | Bil’in, occupied Palestine On Friday, February 19th, residents of the village of Bil’in will march to celebrate the 11th aniversary of the beginning of the weekly protest against occupation. The small village of inhabitants has for over a decade united Palestinians and internationals to support…
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Israeli violence continues as Palestinians protests against the recent killing of Srour Ahmad Abu Srour in Bethlehem.
January 17th 2016 | InternationalSolidarity Movement | Bethlehem, occupied Palestine This Friday, on the 15th of January, hundreds of Palestinians gathered on the main street of Bethlehem to protest against the recent killing of Srour Ahmad Abu Srour, who was killed by Israeli forces in nearby Beit Jala last Wednesday. Israeli forces fired tear gas, rubber-coated…
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Gaza families still enduring the aftermath of 2014 Israeli assault
13th January 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza Team | Beit Hanoun, Gaza strip, occupied Palestine A year and a half after the last massive assault on the Gaza Strip the promised reconstruction has not yet appeared. However, what has not ceased to appear since then are new sequels and side effects due to the Israeli forces’…
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63-year-old widow lives in an isolated home facing a checkpoint
January 4th 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Tulkarem Team | Jubara, occupied Palestine In the outskirts of the village of Jubara, bordering the Jubara checkpoint, sits the home of 63-year-old, Shawqiye Hamaide, Umm Yousef. Mother of two daughters and grandmother of 6 children, Umm Youssef is originally from the village of Beit Lid, but moved…
