Tag: west bank
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Bethlehem protests the US embassy relocation
On the 14th May 2017, the day the new US embassy to Israel was due to open in Jerusalem, protests were held across Palestine. In Bethlehem, hundreds of children, women and men marched from Nisan Square to the gate in the apartheid wall separating them from Jerusalem. This unarmed protest was immediately met by brutal…
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Israel continues to besiege Palestinian towns, breach international law in occupied West Bank
3rd July 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Occupied Hebron In the last three days Israeli military forces have implemented several blockades isolating the cities of Yatta and Bani Na’im south of Hebron. It is reported that cement roadblocks, earth mounds, gates and checkpoints have been installed across the region, with no timeline for when…
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International call for volunteers
21st August 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah Team | Occupied Palestine Update 6th September: We are making an urgent call for volunteers to come and join us to support Palestinians in their daily resistance towards the Israeli illegal occupation of their land. Just this last Wednesday, a 75 year old woman was brutally attacked by…
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Village of Azzun suffers from continuous, targeted attacks by Israeli army
31st July 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Azzun, Occupied Palestine On Tuesday, July 28, at 2:40 pm, the Israeli army arrived to the village of Azzun, located in the district of Qalqilya, to block 3 of the 4 existing entrance gates. Since the 4th gate (east side), which leads to an illegal…
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Nablus family home suffers brutal Israeli night raid
15th July 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Awarta, Occupied Palestine On Sunday, July 12, at 1:30 am, a group of 40 Israeli soldiers came into the village of Awarta circling and raiding the home of 22 year old Izzat Qawariq right before the family was preparing to go to sleep. His cousin…
