The International Solidarity Movement podcast episode seven: Mothers fighting for Justice in Sheikh Jarrah
In this episode, we share an interview with Um Ramadan. We met her at a demonstration outside the district court in Jerusalem in December 2022. Alongside other mothers, she is protesting her son’s imprisonment. In this moving interview, she talks about the conditions her son is kept in and how mother’s are organising to support […]
The International Solidarity Movement podcast episode six: Prisoner Solidarity in Palestine
This episode has been released for Palestinian Prisoner’s Day. All around the world people are highlighting the conditions of people incarcerated by the Israeli occupation. To mark this day we bring you an interview with Milena Ansari, an incredible organiser from Addameer. Adameer in arabic means conscience. Adameer is a prisoner support and human rights […]
The International Solidarity Movement podcast episode four: People’s Resistance in the South Hebron Hills
In the fourth episode of the International Solidarity Movement podcast we speak to Hafez Hurreini, a veteran organiser from the village of At-Tuwani. Hafez is the father of Sami, who we interviewed in episode three. When we did our interview, Hafez had a metal pin in his arm after a brutal attack by settlers in […]
The International Solidarity Movement podcast episode five: ISM Vounteer Experiences on the Frontlines
In the fifth episode of the International Solidarity Movement podcast we are joined in the village of At-Tuwani by two ISM volunteers – Herbie and Maria – who both spent several months volunteering as internationalists in Palestine. They tell us from a personal perspective what it’s like to be an international volunteer in Palestine, and […]
The International Solidarity Movement podcast episode two: Surviving settler violence in Masafer Yatta
In episode two of our podcast we speak to Gassim Hamad Tahan from the village of Mufagara, in Masafer Yatta, in the South Hebron Hills. Gassim told us how the experience he had growing up is different to those of his children and grandchildren, and about his dedication to steadfastly staying on the land, despite […]
The International Solidarity Movement podcast episode one: An introduction to ISM
In this first episode of the International Solidarity Movement podcast, we interview Abdel Karim – who has been with the movement since the early 2000s. The ISM is a grassroots Palestinian-led organisation, with principles of non-violence , non-hierarchy, and anti oppression. It makes all of its decisions by consensus. Over the last 20 years it […]
The International Solidarity Movement podcast episode three: Steadfastness – Youth Resistance in Palestine
In this third episode of the ISM podcast our guest is Sami Hurreini, who is a really inspiring youth organiser from At-Tuwani in the South Hebron Hills. He’s part of a group called Youth of Sumud. Sumud is an Arabic word meaning steadfastness, and its a central concept in the Palestinian popular resistance to the […]
The olive harvest: Struggle, resistance and oppression
Hares, near Salfit In Hares, near the West Bank town of Salfit, activists joined Faz3a to harvest. The farm was near the illegal settlement of Rivava. The farmer asked for help as he had not received his permit yet, but he believed it is still his right to go and harvest his land. IOF arrived […]
Attacks and disruption in Al-Khalil as settlers celebrate Sarah’s Day
Around 30,000 settlers gathered in Al- Khalil (Hebron) on Saturday, November 19, to celebrate Sarah’s Sabbath and wreaked havoc in the Old City market, attacking Palestinians and their shops, houses and destroying cars. This happened under the watch of the Israeli army who cordoned the area so that settlers could go around “safely” and arrested […]
Families Not Firing Zones: Defiance in Masafer Yatta
16 October | International Solidarity Movement | Masafer Yatta For the last 42 years the Israeli occupation forces have been slowly but surely grinding the region of Masafer Yatta into dust. Now, in 2022, the various injunctions, petitions, hearings and a halfhearted international condemnation have amounted to nothing. The Israeli army has successfully pushed through […]