Tag: Nablus

  • Land in village of Qusin used as garbage dump by settlers

    27th March 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Qusin, Occupied Palestine By IWPS On Wednesday March 27 at 15:00 the village of Qusin organized a tour of a nearby quarry that is regularly used as a garbage dump. The residents of Qusin invited the Minister of the Environment, IWPS and the International Solidarity Movement to inspect…

  • Demonstration in commemoration of Land Day

    30th March 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Burin, Occupied Palestine By Team Nablus On the 30th March 1976, Palestinian citizens of Israel instigated demonstrations in protest at Israeli government plans to confiscate large amounts of Palestinian land in the Galilee region for new Israeli settlements. The thousands of people who took part in non-violent general…

  • Remembering Rachel Corrie

    19th March 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus , Occupied Palestine Team Nablus On March 16th 2013, the International Solidarity Movement was joined by the International Women’s Peace Service and the Tanweer Center in commemorating the death of Rachel Corrie – an American peace activist and former member of the ISM. Rachel was killed in…

  • Sebastiya protests against sewage dumping

    9th March 2013| Popular Struggle Coordination Committee On Friday, the village of Sebastiya held its first demonstration in order to protest the flooding of its land by the sewage coming from the nearby Jewish-only settlement of Save Shomron. Around 150 people from Sebastiya, together with Israeli and international activists, participated in the demonstration which was…

  • Clashes in Huwarra after demonstration against Israeli administrative detention

    By Team Nablus 18 February 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Huwarra, Occupied Palestine Four people , including one eleven year old boy, were arrested today during clashes between Israeli Soldiers and Palestinian Youth (Shebab). At least one person was taken away from the scene in an ambulance. The Israeli Army used tear gas and sound…