International Solidarity Movement 1 June 2010 UPDATE 1 June, 8:30PM (GMT+2): Emily is recovering at Hadassah Hospital after two surgeries Monday night. She lost her left eye, three metal plates were inserted into her head/face, and her jaw is wired ...
Read More »Al Walaja, Beit Jala protest illegal wall construction
International Solidarity Movement 25 May 2010 Al Walaja Al Walaja village, close to Bethlehem, faces the threat of being totally isolated from the surrounding countryside by an apartheid wall which is currently under construction. When it is finished the only ...
Read More »Bushfires ravage Iraq Burin amidst weekly demonstration
International Solidarity Movement 23 May 2010 The northern West Bank village of Iraq Burin demonstrated against the Israeli annexation of their farmlands today, resulting in the injury of one local protester by a tear gas projectile. Tear gas canisters landing ...
Read More »Unprovoked violence in Al Ma’asara
International Solidarity Movement 22 May 2010 On Friday 21st May, the village of Al Ma’asara, south of Bethlehem, held its weekly demonstration against the theft of village lands by the nearby Israeli colony/settlement of Efrat. Chanting “We want to go ...
Read More »Soldiers fire at ambulance evacuating injured demonstrator
International Solidarity Movement 22 May 2010 The West Bank village of An Nabi Saleh held their weekly demonstration on Friday, attempting to reach the village land that has been annexed by the illegal settlement of Halamish. Demonstrators marched down from ...
Read More »An Nabi Saleh demonstrates against violence in the midst of extensive brushfires
International Solidarity Movement 16 May 2010 This past Friday, May 14, the town of An Nabi Saleh held its weekly demonstration. Overly aggressive Israeli military tactics started a colossal brushfire, which reaped viable farmland. The weekly demonstration confronts the illegal ...
Read More »Victory for Iraq Burin as demonstrators commemorate the Nakba
Today fifty demonstrators from Iraq Burin, together with international activists, marched in commemoration of the Nakba’s 62nd anniversary, and to protest to the illegal Israeli occupation of the village’s lands. Israeli occupation forces enacted their policy of violent “crowd dispersal” ...
Read More »Weekend demonstrations continue the struggle
International Solidarity Movement 10 May 2010 Bil’in Today’s demonstrators, Palestinians, Israelis, and internationals, marched from the Bil’in mosque towards the illegal apartheid wall. Halfway along the route, the procession picked up several men dressed entirely in black, carrying a coffin ...
Read More »Demonstrations across West Bank reflect growing momentum
International Solidarity Movement 3 May 2010 Between Friday and Sunday, more than 600 demonstrators protested the apartheid, land confiscation and the illegal wall in eight West Bank locations. These weekly demonstrations reflect the growing momentum of popular non-violent resistance, despite ...
Read More »Journalist and Two Protesters Hurt in Beit Jala Demo
Popular Struggle Coordination Committee 3 May 2010 Over 150 people participated in the weekly anti-Wall demonstration organized by the local Popular Committee in Beit Jala on Sunday. The protest march, which set out towards the Wall’s construction site, was attacked ...
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