For eight years, the residents of the northern occupied West Bank village of Kafr Qaddum have protested every single Friday, rain or shine, against Israeli land confiscations and the closure of the village’s southern road by Israeli forces. The villagers have faced their fair share of bullets, tear gas, injuries, and even death. But nothing […]
Nasser al-Buhaisi had just graduated from college. The 22-year-old obtained a degree in religious law from Gaza’s Al-Azhar University during June. One day later, he died. Al-Buhaisi had been paralyzed due to a road accident in 2006. He had studied hard despite being in intensive care. His determination made me reflect on the situation facing people […]
Learn to shoot like a soldier, ride a camel or take a tour of historic sites – all on stolen land! Thanks to help from TripAdvisor, these are all activities you can do when visiting one of the many illegal Israeli settlements. TripAdvisor lists more than 70 different properties, activities and attractions in illegal Israeli settlements […]
Palestinian writer Khaled Barakat visited the European Parliament in Brussels on Wednesday, 10 July to challenge the political ban imposed on him by Germany in an attempt to prevent him from speaking about Palestine. He was invited by Manu Pineda, Member of European Parliament representing the Izquierda Unida (United Left) of the Spanish state. He was accompanied by Charlotte Kates, international […]
Israeli soldiers shot a Palestinian child in the head with live ammunition yesterday during a protest against settlement expansion in the West Bank town of Kafr Qaddum, Palestine. Abdul Rahman Yasser Shteiwi, 10, was rushed to Rafidia Hospital in Nablus at around 3pm and was operated on immediately. Today, doctors told ISM that a scan […]
July 13, 2019 – In a major victory for the Boycott HP campaign, the second largest British and Irish trade union, with 1.2 million members, Unite the Union, joined the campaign. Unite joins Federatie Nederlandse Vakbeweging (FNV), the Netherland’s largest trade union, with 1.1 million members, which dropped HP as a partner in their offers to their members in […]
Israeli occupation forces have killed 16 Palestinian children in the besieged Gaza Strip during the first half of 2019, Al-Mezan Centre for Human Rights revealed on Tuesday. A report from Al-Mezan said that Israeli occupation forces also shot and wounded 1,233 children, most of them while the youngsters were participating in the peaceful Great Return […]
Ramallah (QNN) – The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) said today it has rejected an invitation by US special envoy Jason Greenblatt to Palestinian journalists to visit the White House and meet US officials. The Palestinian official agency Wafa quoted the syndicate as saying that the invitation is another “failed and desperate” attempt by the US […]
Ramallah, July 9, 2019—It began like most night arrests. Early on the morning of September 20, 2017, around 2 a.m., Israeli soldiers entered Laith K.’s home in Kafr Ein village, outside of Ramallah. Laith, then 17 years old, was bound, blindfolded, and physically assaulted by Israeli forces. He was neither informed of the reason for […]
Zwelivelile Mandela says Israeli apartheid is the worst form of apartheid ever witnessed. London, United Kingdom – The grandson of anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela has delivered a damning condemnation of “Israeli apartheid”, in a high-profile expression of solidarity between South Africans and Palestinians. Zwelivelile Mandela, an MP of the ruling African National Congress (ANC), made the comments on […]
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