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  • Once again, a non-violent, Palestinian-lead demonstration was met with Israeli Police violence. - 2nd December 2018 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus team | Nablus, Occupied Palestine Once again, Palestinians exercised their right of free speech under international law, and once again, were encountered with tear gas and gunfire. Outside Nablus, demonstrations took place against the continuous construction of Israeli settlements and outposts, imprisonment of Palestinians- young and old- and ...
  • It’s International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, but Israel still lays claim to the longest occupation of our time - 30 November 2018 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah team | Ramallah, occupied Palestine November 29 marks the 71st anniversary that the UN General Assembly adopted Resolution 181 in 1947, which later became known as “International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.” Leaders in Ramallah called on the UN to recognize that resolution, during a ...
  • Settler attacks increase at Al Mughayyir - 27th November 2018 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah team | Al Mughayyir, Ramallah, Occupied Palestine The village of Al Mughayyir sits 27 miles north of Jerusalem. Sitting above is the settlement of Shiloh, more than a quarter of which is constructed on Palestinian land, the locals say. An elder from the village reports that the ...
  • Palestinian activists, and leadership, show solidarity with arrested Jerusalem governor in the endangered village of Khan Al-Ahmar - Palestinians across the spectrum met in the legendary, and endangered, Kahn Al Ahmar last night in solidarity with Adnan Ghaith; recently arrested for “breaking Oslo law” by “cooperating with the PA’s security services,” according to the zionist-friendly newspaper Haaretz. The mendacity of using “Oslo law” to charge a Palestinian leader for the “rarely enforced” section ...
  • East Jerusalem Governor and 32 officials arrested over two days - 26th November2018 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah team | Jerusalem, occupied Palestine Over the past two months Occupied East Jerusalem’s’ Governor Adnan Ghaith has been arrested three times. Each time he’s been released without charge. Once again, Yesterday morning, the Israeli border police arrested him. At the same time his offices in the Jerusalem Government ...
  • Shu’fat Refugee Camp and the hidden agenda - Recently, over 20 demolitions were carried out in the Shu’fat Refugee Camp by the Israeli Occupation Forces to make way for a wider road and inevitable future relocation of the residents of Jerusalem’s only refugee camp.
  • Urif: the struggle to study - Urif, the 21th of November Urif is a small Palestinian village perched on the top of a hill, not far from Nablus. The view is beautiful and clear, overlooked by another scenic hill. A longtime resident tells us that before the 1980s, the locals used to go for walks and picnics in the area, but ...
  • 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, admire the work of weaving and embroidery by the women of the village. But few ...
  • Two Palestinians and an International shot at non-violent Protest in Kafr Qaddum - November 23, 2018 | International Solidarity Movement | Kafr Qaddum, Occupied Palestine Fourteen years ago the Israeli Government closed the road between Kafr Qaddum and Nablus, extending the distance to 14 km, effectively making what would be a 15 minute journey for the villagers, into 40 minutes. The protests began in 2011 to reopen the ...
  • Farihan Farah’s painful separation from her son is nothing new for Palestinian mothers - 22nd November 2018 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah team | Kafr Aqab, occupied Palestine Nearly three years after being locked up in a detention center in Northern Israel, Shadi Farah, currently the youngest child imprisoned by Israel, is finally going home. “I feel that this month has been the longest month of my life.” Farihan Farah ...