International Solidarity Movement Nonviolence. Justice. Freedom.
08 October, 2007 Following the Israeli army invasion of Deir Istiya on October 7th, during which the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) imposed a curfew on the village, one which officially continued throughout the next day, Human Rights Workers visited with ...
Read More »IWPS: Family home in Al Funduq to be demolished in three days
by Sue, IWPS, 16 May 2007 A family in Al Funduq had a demolition order delivered to their home while both were at work yesterday, 16th May. The paper was left on the door. It was the third final order ...
Read More »IWPS: Palestinian banker detained
Young Haris banker detained by Beth, IWPS, 13 May 2007 When a young Ramallah bank employee returned home to Haris shortly after midnight on May 13, 2007, he was confronted by soldiers who suggested he was driving a stolen car ...
Read More »Resisting the Wall, Commemorating the Catastrophe
Resisting the Wall, Commemorating the Catastrophe by the ISM Media Crew, 13 May 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 13 May 2007 Salfit, West Bank– Tomorrow, Palestinians will be joined by international and Israeli solidarity activists in the Salfit to protest Israel’s ...
Read More »59 Years Ago: Deir Yassin
Remembering Deir Yassin by Anna Baltzer, 1 May 2007 Um El Fahim town in present-day Israel, home to 48,000 Palestinian citizens of Israel, mostly internal refugees denied services equal to Jews or the right to return to their homes. 59 ...
Read More »Prelude to the Third Intifada?
Prelude to the Third Intifada? by Anna Baltzer, 30 April 2007 Atara Checkpoint in early April: Passover—the Jewish holiday celebrating freedom from oppression—is accompanied by tightening restrictions on Palestinians in the West Bank, resulting in checkpoint waits of many hours. ...
Read More »Sewage Tsunami & Strangulation in Gaza
Sewage Tsunami & Strangulation in Gaza by Anna Baltzer, 6 April 2007 One week ago, the walls of an overused cesspool in northern Gaza collapsed, flooding a nearby Bedouin village with up to two meters of raw sewage. At least ...
Read More »Economic Embargo in Palestine leads to death of 19 year old dialysis patient
19-year-old girl dies when hospital runs out of dialysis solution due to ongoing economic embargo from IWPS, 7 April 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE On March 1st, 2007, a 19-year-old girl named Olfat with kidney problems from Qira village, died after ...
Read More »Tragic, but not enough to mention
The Untold Stories: Tragic, but Not Enough to Mention by Anna in Palestine Today I visited my friend Dawud in Kufr ‘Ain for the first time since he lost his six-month-old baby at Atara Checkpoint. It was heartbreaking to hear ...
Read More »IWPS: For 7 hours, Israeli soliders resfuse to return Palestinian ID cards
Soldiers refuse to return ID cards after detaining three young men for over seven hours following Land Day demonstration by Gemma and Nova, IWPS, 1 April 2007 On March 30, 2007, three young men from the village of Rafat were ...
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