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Bil'in Will Hold A Demonstration This Friday
Thursday, 22 October 2009, 10:57 am | International Solidarity Movement
Members of Shministim (Hebrew for high school seniors), the Israeli organization of teenagers who refuse to serve in the Israeli Army, will join the weekly Bil'in demonstration this Friday. More >>
Demonstration to be held in Nablus
Friday, 25 September 2009, 1:09 pm | International Solidarity Movement
The village of Iraq Burin in the the southern region of Nablus will re- commence its weekly demonstrations this Friday, the 25th of September after a hiatus to observe the holy month of Ramadan. Over 100 dunums (100,000 sq metres) of farmers' land has ... More >>
Video: Israeli Forces Raid Bil’in
Thursday, 17 September 2009, 1:46 pm | International Solidarity Movement
Around 1:30am, the Israeli army invaded Bil'in. Soldiers came to the home of Abdullah Mahmoud Abu Rahme , coordinator of the Bil’in Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements, to arrest him. More >>
Israeli Forces Shoot Demonstrator with Live Rounds
Monday, 7 September 2009, 3:35 pm | International Solidarity Movement
5pm, 4 September 2009: Israeli forces shoot Israeli and Palestinian demonstrator with live ammunition in the West Bank village of Ni’lin. Palestinian residents, alongside Israeli and international supporters, have been demonstrating today since ... More >>
Israel's Ongoing Arrest And Intimidation Campaign
Monday, 17 August 2009, 12:50 pm | International Solidarity Movement
Hundreds of Palestinians, Israeli, Spanish, French and other international supporters, responded today to the Popular Committee's call to resist the Wall and to show solidarity with the Bil'in prisoners. More >>
Israel: Demonstration Against Ongoing Arrest
Thursday, 13 August 2009, 5:40 pm | International Solidarity Movement
Bil'in village will hold a mass demonstration against the ongoing Israeli arrest and intimidation campaign on Friday, 14 August 2009 at one PM. Bil'in residents along with Israeli and international supporters will attempt to march to the village land ... More >>
Another Day Sleeping Under The Sky
Tuesday, 11 August 2009, 8:49 pm | International Solidarity Movement
The neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, housing about 500 Palestinians in East Jerusalem is under siege. Armed forces have been stationed here since early Sunday morning when the Hannoun and Gawi families were forcibly evicted from their homes by as many ... More >>
International movements breaking the siege on Gaza
Monday, 3 August 2009, 11:31 pm | International Solidarity Movement
Since June 2007 the Israeli government has imposed almost complete closure over the Gaza Strip. The siege prevents nearly all movement of people or goods to and from the coastal region with only minimal amounts of humanitarian provisions inconsistently ... More >>
Israeli forces evicting families
Monday, 3 August 2009, 11:30 pm | International Solidarity Movement
At around 5:30 in the morning, Israeli police arrived at the Hannoun family home and broke into the house through the windows. They forcefully removed Maher Hanoun, his wife Nadia and their 3 children. The police violently separated the family from ... More >>
Israeli forces arrest 3 solidarity activists
Monday, 27 July 2009, 9:15 am | International Solidarity Movement
Israeli police arrested 2 American nationals and 1 British national in Sheikh Jarrah as they were trying to enter the Darwish Hijazi home that settlers had occupied. More >>
Evictions And Demolitions In East Jerusalem
Monday, 13 July 2009, 6:27 pm | International Solidarity Movement
12 pm, Monday, 13 July 2009: Israeli and international solidarity activists will set up tents on King George St. in West Jerusalem as part of a coordinated campaign in solidarity with Palestinians facing home evictions and demolitions in East Jerusalem. More >>
Israeli navy arrests passengers on Free Gaza boat
Wednesday, 1 July 2009, 4:58 pm | International Solidarity Movement
[23 miles off the coast of Gaza, 15:30pm] - Today Israeli Occupation Forces attacked and boarded the Free Gaza Movement boat, the SPIRIT OF HUMANITY, abducting 21 human rights workers from 11 countries, including Noble laureate Mairead Maguire and former ... More >>
Israeli Forces Arrest 24 Solidarity Activists
Sunday, 28 June 2009, 3:13 pm | International Solidarity Movement
At 7.30am, 35 Israeli and 10 international solidarity activists joined 3 Palestinian families from Beit Ummar to harvest their land. As the group tried to go down to their lands, 50 soldiers and border policemen stopped them. More >>
International Solidarity Movement Update
Saturday, 27 June 2009, 2:40 pm | International Solidarity Movement
Bil’in village holds press conference and a demonstration against construction of the Apartheid Wall. More >>
Israeli Police Detain Palestinian Children
Friday, 26 June 2009, 1:17 pm | International Solidarity Movement
[Note: According to the Geneva Conventions, the International Court of Justice in the Hague, and numerous United Nations resolutions, all Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories are illegal. Most settlement outposts are considered ... More >>
Boats To Set Sail From Cyprus To Gaza
Monday, 22 June 2009, 2:04 pm | International Solidarity Movement
(Larnaca, 18 June 2009) On June 25th, the Free Gaza movement will set sail on its eighth mission to break Israel's horrific siege and collective punishment of 1.5 million Palestinians in the Gaza strip. More >>
Sheikh Jarrah Resident Facing Jail And Eviction
Tuesday, 19 May 2009, 11:57 am | International Solidarity Movement
Sunday, 17th of May, 3pm: Maher Hannoun, a resident of occupied East Jerusalem facing house eviction from the Palestinian neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, was ordered by an Israeli court to turn over the keys to his house by the 19th of July 2009, or ... More >>
Farm Land Declared Closed Military Zone by Israel
Sunday, 10 May 2009, 5:03 pm | International Solidarity Movement
Saturday, 9th of May, 2009 10am: Around a dozen farmers from the village of Beit Omar with lands in Saffa close to the illegal Israeli settlement in Bet Ayn were denied access to their fields after Israeli forces declared the area a closed military ... More >>
Curfew and closures enforced by Israeli army
Tuesday, 14 April 2009, 12:22 pm | International Solidarity Movement
13th April 2009, 4pm: Israeli forces have closed off several streets in Tel Rumeida neighborhood in Hebron, declaring a curfew until into the evening. One Danish citizen was detained by Israeli soldiers after she was filming on the street. More >>
Palestinian farmers in Abassan Al-kabera village
Tuesday, 14 April 2009, 12:13 pm | International Solidarity Movement
Farmers and international accompaniers were last fired upon in Al Faraheen by Israeli forces on the 8th of April. When accompanying farmers on the 18th of February, Israeli forces shot a Palestinian farmer in the leg. International Human Rights Workers will ... More >>