Shuhada Street 2015: Suffering from Israeli propaganda and ongoing military closure
Hundreds Palestinian shops and warehouses were closed on Shuhada Street by the Israeli army in 1994 following the Ibrahimi Mosque massacre, in which twenty-nine Muslims were murdered during prayer inside Ibrahimi Mosque by Baruch Goldstein, a Jewish settler from Kiryat Arba. In the name of protecting Jewish settlers after the massacre of Palestinians during Ramadan, […]
Protest commemorating one year anniversary of the killing of Mohammad Abu Khdeir met with military violence
2 July 2015, in honor of the first anniversary of the murder of Muhammad Abu Khdeir, Palestinian activists with international supporters blocked a settlers-only road leading to the illegal Adam settlement. Demonstrators cited this road as the road that the murderers took in their search for a Palestinian victim. Journalists, Palestinian and international activists, suffered […]
Palestinian home and market attacked by settlers from illegal settlement of Beit Hadassah
29th July 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Al Khalil Team | Al Khalil, Occupied Palestine At 18:30 PM on the 29th of June 2015, masked settlers from the nearby illegal settlement of Beit Hadassah attacked Palestinian houses and souq (market) with a water hose and stones.
Lawmakers Are Using Trade Rules to Blacklist Critics of Israel
Legislation to fast track new trade pacts specifically targets supporters of the BDS movement against the Israeli occupation. By Rachel Ida Buff, June 24, 2015 In 1952, Abner Green — leader of a civil rights group called the American Committee for the Protection of the Foreign Born — served six months in prison for refusing […]
Foreign investment in Israel drops by 50%
By Jack Moore 6/25/15 at 2:25 PM Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Israel dropped by almost 50% last year in comparison to the year before as the country continues to feel the effects of last summer’s Gaza conflict, a new UN report has revealed.
Israeli settlers use chainsaw to destroy over 60 olive trees near Nablus
26th June 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Huwwara Team | Nablus, Occupied Palestine On Sunday, 21st of June, residents of the Jamma’in village in the Nablus region discovered that Israeli settlers had cut down over 60 Palestinian owned olive trees. They suspect that the trees had been destroyed the previous day with a chain saw. […]
Settlers under the protection of Israeli forces prevent Palestinian shops from opening
24th June 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Al Khalil Team | Al Khalil, Occupied Palestine Around 8:30 this morning on Shuhada street in Hebron, Israeli settlers, soldiers, and border police arrived and put up a breakfast tent right outside of two shops owned by a Palestinian man. The settlers remained in front of his shops […]
Israeli forces use live ammunition in Kafr Qaddum on the first Friday of Ramadhan
21st June 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Al Khalil Team | Kafr Qaddum, Occupied Palestine On the 19th of June in Kafr Qaddum, the first Friday demonstration of Ramadhan, Israeli border police shot two Palestinians with live ammunition. One Palestinian was shot twice in the leg and the other was shot once in the leg. […]
Israeli forces raid homes in Qaryut to intimidate local activists
17th June 2015 | International Solidarity Movement | Qaryut, Occupied Palestine In the early hours on Tuesday 16th of June Israeli occupation forces raided several Palestinian homes in the village of Qaryut, near Nablus. The soldiers invaded the homes in search of the Palestinian activist Bashar al-Sadiq Yusuf Moammar (Bashar Qaryouti). The incident is possibly sparked […]
Israeli forces try to violently suppress protest in Jalazone
International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah Team | Jalazone, Occupied Palestine On Friday, June 12, the youth of Jalazone were protesting against settlements, soldiers started shooting rubber bullets, tear gas, stun grenades and live ammunition. The Israeli military were using the cars as shields by taking the keys and leaving the people inside. They detained more than […]