Beginning with invasive night raids on multiple villages, and ending with 7 structures demolished, 4 families made homeless, 2 Palestinians arrested, 1 beaten and hospitalized, 1 car confiscated, and 1 road severely damaged, Israeli Occupation Forces continue their ongoing assault on local communities in Masafer Yatta.
Read More »Statement on “postponement” of Regavim London talk due to activist pressure
Yesterday, UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) announced the “postponement” of a talk by extremist pro-settler group Regavim in London due to opposition from British, Israeli, and Palestinian activists. Regavim, which receives funding from the Israeli government, is not only anti-Palestinian ...
Read More »Call to Action: Join London protest against Israeli demolition ‘charity’ Regavim
On September 1st, UK Lawyers for Israel is hosting a talk by Regavim, a pro-settler NGO with charitable status, pivotal in speeding up demolitions of Palestinian homes across the West Bank and displacement of Bedouin villages in the Negev. What ...
Read More »Al Shoroq: The activist farmers resisting Israeli annexation in Beit Ummar
August 20 | International Solidarity Movement | Beit Ummar, Occupied Palestine Beit Ummar is an agricultural town and farming community just north of Hebron, with a populace of about 17,000. Al Shoroq, a Palestinian led group comprised of ...
Read More »Inheriting resistance in the South Hebron Hills: “I am my father’s daughter, if he can do this, so can I… and more”
August 6 | International Solidarity Movement | South Hebron Hills, occupied Palestine “My life is occupation … all the time you have to be ready for the bad, and the most bad you can imagine,” Sameeha Huraini tells me, as ...
Read More »Water Series: Hail of tear gas on peaceful villagers protesting settler theft of water supply in Kafr Malik
August 16 | International Solidarity Movement | Kafr Malik, Ramallah, occupied Palestine This is the third of a series of reports documenting the control and devastation of water sources by Israel as a tool of oppression. The residents ...
Read More »Education under occupation
August 11 | International Solidarity Movement | Hebron, occupied Palestine Whilst continuing my work with ISM this year, I spent four weeks working at the Hebron/al-Khalil office of Defence for Children International focussing on the way that the occupation has ...
Read More »Israel permits settler invasion of Al-Aqsa on Muslim holiday
August 11 | International Solidarity Movement | Old City, East Jerusalem, occupied Palestine Hundreds of settlers invaded the Al-Aqsa compound in Jerusalem’s Old City this morning after Israeli soldiers used tear gas, sound grenades and rubber-coated steel bullets to clear ...
Read More »Israeli settlers attack Palestinians and harass internationals, IOF arrest observers
August 11 | International Solidarity Movement | Hebron, occupied Palestine Yesterday in Tel Rumeida, the afternoon before Eid, settlers attacked an elderly Palestinian couple as they walked home. International activists in the area attempted to document the abuse. The soldiers ...
Read More »Water Series: ‘There’s no law in the world that says you can cut water from humans’
August 3 | International Solidarity Movement | South Hebron Hills, occupied Palestine This is the second of a series of reports documenting the control and devastation of water sources by Israel as a tool of oppression. Israel is ...
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