Gaza talks back: Demonstrations and “International Solidarity Week for Anarchist Prisoners”
This Monday 24th of August, as every Monday, the families of the Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails have gathered at the Red Cross headquarters in Gaza City. Tens of people joined them in order to show their support, denounce the conditions that the prisoners suffer and to demand the freedom of all the Palestinians kidnapped […]
Palestinian lawyers went on hunger strike in solidarity with Mohammed Allan and to protest against administrative detenti
International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil Team |Hebron, Occupied Palestine Last Tuesday Palestinian lawyers went on a hunger strike. Hatem Shahin, vice-president of the Palestinian Bar Association for lawyers, explains why thirteen of the Association’s members decided to take this radical step: “The main goals are to break the isolation of the Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike as […]
Another Palestinian Youth Killed by Israeli Troops
Israeli soldiers, on Monday, shot dead a Palestinian at Za’tara military checkpoint to the south of Nablus, according to the Red Cross. (MaanImages) According to WAFA correspondence, Red Crescent said that the soldiers shot 26-year-old Mohammed Bassam al-Atrash for allegedly attempting to stab an Israeli soldier. Israeli forces reportedly denied medical teams access to him, […]
Palestinians demonstrate against the sale of the Presbyterian church and new settlements near Beit El Baraka
15 August 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Beit el Baraka, Occupied Palestine Since two months concerned Palestinians demonstrate against the sale of the Presbyterian church in Beit el Baraka to right-wing activist Aryeh King. Beit el Baraka is a site on the road connecting al-Khalil/Hebron to al-Quds/Jerusalem and near Al Arroub […]
Allan Enters 59th Day of Hunger Strike, in Critical Condition
Thursday August 13, 2015 20:19 by IMEMC News & Agencies A lawyer representing hunger-striker Muhammad Allan lodged an urgent request to Israeli authorities on Thursday, urging them to consider his release due to his deteriorating health, a prisoners’ committee said. (AFP/Jack Guez) Abir Bakir’s request said that Allan’s health was reaching a critical condition including […]
Israeli soldiers open fire on 13 year-old boy in Gaza
11th August 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza Team | Gaza, Occupied Palestine Maher Shitat, 13 years old, was shot in the leg on Friday night by the occupation forces. Hi’s father sent him to bring his brother from a relative’s home and on the way there the soldiers shot him without previous advice. He […]
Lawyer: Palestinian hunger striker to be force fed
Israeli authorities have declared their intention to force feed a hunger-striking Palestinian, his lawyer said Saturday. If carried out it would be the first case since the adoption last month of a new law permitting the practice.
Nightraids in the Souk: Israeli Soldiers Terrorize Old City of Hebron
August 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil Team | Al Khalil, Occupied Palestine At around 11:00 PM on the night of August 1st, a fire began in souk of Hebron’s Old City. The fire was coming from a building that overhangs into the souk from the illegal settlement of Beit Hadassah. The Israeli military came […]
A Palestinian resident of Lod was attacked by three Jewish extremists early Sunday morning, Israeli media reported.
Imad Abu Sharikh was returning home after performing dawn prayers when the attackers verbally and physically assaulted him, according to Israeli daily newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth.
18-Month-Old Baby Burnt To Death As Israeli Extremists Attack Palestinian Home Near Nablus
Friday July 31, 2015 08:52 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies Right-wing Jewish extremist settlers near Nablus firebombed a Palestinian home on Thursday night, starting a fire which destroyed the house and burned a baby to death, as well as severely burning the baby’s four-year-old brother, mother and father. The baby who was killed in […]