Tag: Roadblock

  • Roadblocks impede Palestinians freedom of movement

    Roadblocks impede Palestinians freedom of movement

    7th March 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Team Nablus | Occupied Palestine The video below shows the presence of Israeli flying checkpoints and roadblocks that impede Palestinian movement. The trip from Ramallah to Nablus can take as long as 2 hours. Roadblocks and flying checkpoints along the road slow traffic for Palestinian travelers. The soldiers…

  • Continuing harrassment of Izbat Tabib village

    Continuing harrassment of Izbat Tabib village

    25th November 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Izbat Tabib, Occupied Palestine Yesterday, November 24th, Israeli soldiers blocked the road at the entrance to Izbat Tabib and entered the village on three separate occasions during the night, firing tear gas canisters and intimidating residents. At approximately 14:30, a military jeep carrying four soldiers set…

  • Updated: Three Palestinian activists arrested during demonstration against road closure in Qaryut

    Updated: Three Palestinian activists arrested during demonstration against road closure in Qaryut

    10th September 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah Team | Qaryut, Occupied West Bank Update 11th September: Abdallah Abu Rahmah was released at around 10pm last night. Bashar Qaryouti and Salah al-Khawaja have also been released. Bashar has needed medical attention after being beaten during his arrest. ******* Three Palestinian activists have been arrested today related…

  • Three teenagers arrested in Azzun in one week

    23th July 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Azzun, Occupied Palestine Israeli forces continue their strike on the village of Azzun. Last week alone, three teenagers were arrested and one was handed a paper to go to the Israeli DCO (District Coordination Office). On Thursday 18th July, two young men, Yahya Ali Adwan…

  • Kafr Qaddum – Blocked from life’s basics; pushed back when doing something about it

    24th May 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Kafr Qaddum, Occupied Palestine Tear-gas showered down on villagers in Kafr Qaddum yesterday, nearly blinding one media worker in a direct hit and nearly suffocating a child as villagers protested the roadblock that has hindered their lives for a full decade. The villager’s own stone…