Palestinian Teen Killed By Israeli Army Fire Near Jenin

Israeli soldiers shot and killed, earlier Saturday, a Palestinian teenager in the al-Jalama Israeli military roadblock, north of Jenin, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. Photo By Fars News Agency Eyewitnesses said the soldiers fired several rounds of live ammunition on the child, inflicting several serious gunshot injuries, causing him to die […]

Young Palestinian Man Killed By Israeli Army Fire In Hebron

Palestinian medical sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, have reported that a young man was shot and killed by Israeli army fire, near the Ibrahimi Mosque, south of the city. The army claimed the Palestinian attacked a soldier, mildly wounding him. The sources said the slain Palestinian has been […]

Francesco Ruggiero in 12th International Conference on the Palestinian Diaspora

Author: Francesco Ruggiero|Date: September 2015 During the month of August 2015 I attended Diyar’s 12th International Conference on the Palestinian Diaspora that was held in Bethlehem, Palestine.  It was a four-day event and there was the opportunity to meet many individuals, many of them Palestinians.  For more information on Diyar, go to the website www.diyar.ps. […]

Funeral for yet another martyr in Gaza

23rd October 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza team | Gaza Strip, occupied Palestine Thousands of persons attended the funeral of Ahmad Serhe, 27 years old, in Deir El Balah on 21st October 2015. He was killed the day before in Bureij by an Israeli sniper. Funeral procession

Shoot First Don’t ask Questions Later

International Solidarity Movement | West Bank, occupied Palestine A video posted on October 12th by Shehab news agency described as an attack on a Palestinian girl from Haifa in her twenties for allegedly trying to assault a taxi driver in Tel Aviv after an argument between them. The video shows a woman pinned to the […]

Further information about the David Sheen events in California, October 21-29

Cheryl Davila, who was removed from the Berkeley Human Welfare and Community Action Commission (HWCAC) for refusing to withdraw a BDS resolution, will update us at David Sheen’s Oct. 25 event (see below) on the latest developments following a meeting meeting on Wednesday October 21st at 7pm at the South Berkeley Senior Center to show […]

Israeli forces encroaching on every-day live in occupied Jerusalem

16th October 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | al-Quds (Jerusalem), occupied Palestine The Old City of al-Quds (Jerusalem) in the last few weeks has witnessed an explosion of Israeli forces’ presence, supposedly for ‘security reasons’. But having a closer look at – or just opening your eyes for – the multitude of restrictions, […]

Escalating tear-gas deployment against school children in Hebron

in Features, Hebron, Reports October 13, 2015 Monday morning, October 12th, 2015 Israeli forces pummeled Palestinian children going to school near Salimeh & Queitun checkpoints in Hebron with a total of 19 rounds of tear-gas and one stun grenade fired. The onslaught began at 7:41 am when a crowd of children could be heard playing […]