16-year-old boy killed during Friday demonstration
Amjad Nashat Abu Alya, 16, was killed by Israelis on Friday 29 during a demonstration in the villageof al-Mughayyer. Amjad died in a hospital in Ramallah after being shot in the chest. Eyewitnessessaid he was running to safety after throwing stones when a settler shot him in the back. He is the 7 thkilled in […]
Join ISM: Training in Bristol & Belfast, July 24, 2022
ISM UK & ISM Ireland are offering pre-training sessions in Bristol and Belfast this month for prospective volunteers who are interested in joining the International Solidarity Movement on the ground in Palestine. Attending the training session will give you a chance to get a first impression of ISM and the kind of work we do, […]
ISM Call to Action: Save Masafer Yatta!
The International Solidarity Movement is calling all activists and supporters to take urgent action against Israel’s ethnic cleansing of the Masafer Yatta region in the occupied West Bank. What is Masafer Yatta?: Masafer Yatta is a rural region to the south of Hebron along the southern border of the occupied West Bank. It is home […]
The occupation kills again in Dheisha refugee camp
2 June | International Solidarity Movement | Dheisha, Bethlehem On the morning of Thursday the 2nd of June, Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) stormed Dheisha refugee camp, south of the West Bank town of Bethlehem, at dawn to arrest several residents. In the process of their operation soldiers shot 29-year-old Ayman Muhaisen with live ammunition several […]
Take Action on Berkeley Mayor’s Israel Junket!
ISM NorCal is sharing the following community action alert about the Mayor of Berkeley’s trip to apartheid Israel. We encourage supporters to sign the petition, send an email and join tonight (May 24)’s city council meeting, either in person or online! Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin is just now returning from a propaganda junket to Israel. Jesse’s […]
Take Action: Tell Congress to Support Resolution Recognizing the Nakba
ISM-NorCal is distributing the alert below from ADC (American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee) about an important resolution introduced in Congress to recognize the Nakba and the rights of Palestinian refugees. Take Action: Tell Congress to Support Resolution Recognizing the Nakba This week, Representative Tlaib (D-MI-13), along with cosponsors Representatives Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14), Newman (D-IL-3), Omar (D-MN-5), Bowman (D-NY-16), […]
January 29: Bay Area Car Caravan for Palestine
ISM Nor-Cal supports the following event tomorrow! Join us this Saturday, Jan. 29th, for a car caravan in San Francisco in support of Palestinians on the frontlines of confronting ethnic cleansing, dispossession and Israeli settler-colonial violence. This action is part of an international call out for protest in solidarity with the front line communities of […]
Winter 2021 ISM Newsletter
The all-new Winter 2021 edition of the ISM NorCal newsletter, “Live from Palestine, ” is now available. The newsletter is edited by ISM’s Jeff Pekrul and contains news reports, diaries, analysis, events and more. Download the PDF copy or read the articles below:
Logical Fallacies in the Argument for Maintaining Israeli Control Over Palestinian Lands
Katie Miranda and Charlotte Kates October 2021 The Zionist arguments for maintaining control over Palestinian land and Palestinian self-determination have become so ubiquitous in media, politics and culture that they are rarely challenged outside of progressive circles. Media and politics are driven by exaggerations, dishonesty and hyperbole. One of the common methods of driving […]
International volunteers to return to Palestine: Olive harvest under attack
By ISM NorCal ISM Palestine is looking forward to welcoming volunteers back to Palestine to support grassroots Palestinian nonviolent resistance to Israeli occupation. On November 1, 2021, the Israeli occupation authorities announced that international visitors and tourists would once again be allowed to enter the area; of course, this does not mean that the […]