Tag: Prisoner

  • International arrested at non-violent demonstration in support of Samer Issawi

    8th April 2012 | International Solidarity Movement,Beit Omar, Occupied Palestine by Team Khalil A Swedish activist was arrested by Israeli border police this afternoon at a non- violent demonstration in Beit Omar. He was taken to the police station at Gush Etzion settlement and detained for two hours before being released. The demonstration was held…

  • Funeral procession for two young boys killed by the Israeli army in ‘Anabta

    4th April 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, ‘Anabta, Occupied Palestine by Team Nablus On Thursday 4 April the village of ‘Anabta, near Tulkarem buried two of their young men. Amer Nassar, 17 and Naji al-Balbisi, 18 were shot dead by the Israeli Army at the Enav checkpoint late on Wednesday evening. Despite reports last night…

  • Protests sparked after prisoner Maysara Abu Hamdiyeh dies in Israeli custody

    3rd April 2013 | International Solidarity Movement,  Occupied Palestine Demonstrations have been held today in several cities across the West Bank to protest the death of prisoner Maysara Abu Hamdiyeh. A strike has also been held in Nablus, Hebron and East Jerusalem, amongst other cities. In Nablus, over three hundred Palestinians, together with international activists, participated today…

  • The occupations toll on one family in Burqa

    1st April 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Burqa, Occupied Palestine By Team Nablus A brief visit to any family home in the occupied West Bank is sure to be a combination of warmth and tragedy as no person here has been immune to the brutality of the occupation that has dominated the lives of Palestinians…

  • Statement from Samer Issawi who has spent over 240 days on hunger strike

    19th March 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Occupied Palestine The following statement by Samer Issawi was posted on his Facebook page by his lawyer Fawwaz Shloudy. It was translated from Arabic to English by Shahd Abusalama. “Regarding the Israeli Occupation offer to deport me to Gaza, I affirm that Gaza is undeniable part of my…