1st July 2016 | IWPS | Kafr Qaddum, occupied Palestine The 1st July 2016, the last Friday in Ramadan, marked the fifth anniversary of Kafr Qaddum’s demonstrations. The Israeli military were present in the village and firing rubber coated steel ...
Read More »Worshippers for Ramadan prayer harassed by settlers and soldiers
1 July 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine On 1st July 2016, Israeli forces severly restricted access to Ibrahimi mosque in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron) for noon-prayer, while settlers were demonstrating at a checkpoint nearby the ...
Read More »Testimony of one of the latest attacks against Gaza’s fishermen
12th June 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza-team | Gaza Strip, occupied Palestine Last Wednesday Rajab Khaled Abu Riela, 30 years old, his brother and two cousins left Gaza’s port at 12 pm. They stayed out fishing until 1:30 am. ...
Read More »Hebron Human Rights Defender testifies in case of execution of Abdel Fattah al-Sharif
8th June 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine On Wednesday, 8th June 2016, human rights defender Imad Abu Shamsiyah testified in Israeli court in the case of the extrajudicial execution of Abdel Fattah al-Sharif on ...
Read More »In memory of a hero from Ni’lin: Aqil Srour
5th June 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine 7 years ago today, Aqil Srour was murdered by an Israeli sniper in the occupied West Bank village of Ni’lin, near Ramallah. He was shot straight in ...
Read More »Israeli forces shot 3 youth with live ammunition in just two days in Kafr Qaddum
5th June 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Kafr Qaddum, occupied Palestine On two consecutive days, Israeli forces in Kafr Qaddum village, near Nablus, have shot three Palestinian youth with live ammunition in their hip. The Friday demonstration ...
Read More »Solidarity visit to Ni’lin: Killings, arrests and invasions as part of the everyday life
“There was a single Israeli army jeep that invaded the village late at night. This was very strange, as usually if the army come, they would come with 10 or more jeeps…“ This is what we were told when we ...
Read More »Open The Zone: personal accounts
Saturday, May 28th (Mufeed Sharabati) Mufeed Sharabati, 50-years, Shuahda Street resident compares living in the closed military zone (CMZ) with prison – just worse: “Life here is even worse than being in jail. A prisoner knows when his sentence is ...
Read More »Open The Zone: Palestinians are people – not numbers
3rd May 2016 | Open The Zone Campaign: International Solidarity Movement & Youth Against Settlements | Hebron, occupied Palestine *******UPDATE 20th May 2016******* The closed military zone order has officially been ‘lifted’ – many restrictions and discrimination remain. ******* 3rd ...
Read More »Violent night raid in Ni’lin leaves 7-days old baby suffering from tear gas inhalation
3rd May 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil Team | Ni’lin, occupied Palestine During nighttime on the 1st of May, Israeli Forces raided the village of Ni’lin in the West Bank in occupied Palestine without any reason. First, with the ...
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