In early January, ISM activists visited the villages of Um al-Khair and At-Tuwani in the South Hebron hills in order to participate in renovation work on ancient caves and to bear witness to recent settler violence in both villages. The ...
Read More »Anat Cohen assaults ISM volunteers in Al-Khalil (again)
February 08, 2019 | International Solidarity Movement, Al-Khalil team | Al-Khalil, occupied Palestine ISM volunteers were detained by Hebron Police for over 8 hours after Anat Cohen assaulted them outside the Qurtuba school checkpoint on Thursday. In direct response to ...
Read More »Call for volunteers after TIPH & EAPPI exodus from Hebron
1st February 2019 | International Solidarity Movement, Al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine In the wake of TIPH being ejected from Al-Khalil (Hebron), it’s critical for ISM to sustain an international presence to protect the Palestinians. After an Israeli settler ...
Read More »Insidious colonial strategy
7th December 2018 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Deir Samaan, Salfit, occupied Palestine In the area of Salfit, harassment by settlers is a regular occurrence. They come to the villages, often late at night, to graffiti messages of ...
Read More »Welcome to At-Tuwani
It was 7am when we woke up after a night under the stars, in the village of At-Tuwani, surrounded by arid hills and olive groves. It’s the kind of place you’d want to sightsee, or drink tea with the locals, ...
Read More »Video: Israeli soldiers, police harass olive pickers in As-Sawiya village
October 7, 2018 | International Solidarity Movement | As-Sawiya, Occupied Palestine A group of Israeli soldiers, one Israeli policeman, and one Israeli settler harassed a group of Palestinian and international olive pickers in As-Sawiya village yesterday, demanding identification ...
Read More »Interview: ISM speaks to Hakima Motlaq about a recent soldier and settler attack on the village of Asira
26th August 2018 | International Solidarity Movement, interview by Mariana | Asira al-Qibliya, occupied Palestine Asira al-Qibliya is a village near Nablus that has been terrorised by the illegal Ytzhar settlement since 1982. In any moment of the day or night, ...
Read More »Settler tourists given weekly armed escort through the streets of Al Khalil
Every Saturday, Zionist settler tours take place in the narrow alleys of the souq in Al Khalil’s (Hebron). These guided tours usually last for about an hour, and settlers are always accompanied by armed Israeli forces, intimidating local Palestinians who ...
Read More »A recollection of Dima al-Wawi’s imprisonment and a remembrance of Hamza Zamara
18th March 2018 | International Solidarity Movement, al Khalil team | Occupied Palestine Two years ago Dima al-Wawi woke up for school feeling sick. Her throat hurt and her lymph nodes were swollen. Her parents were already out of the ...
Read More »Israeli soldiers order Palestinian family to halt approved rooftop construction
18th February 2018 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil team | Occupied Palestine Last weekend, the Sharabati family that lives on Shuada street in Al Khalil were hard at work constructing a metal frame for a roof covering on top of ...
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