FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

A trio of demonstrations are planned for Friday in villages and cities around the West Bank. If the Israeli military’s history is any
indicator, violent response to the peaceful protests is expected.

I. PROTESTING THE “BARRIER” IN JENIN:
Israel’s illegal barrier near the northern...

Read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

RAMALLAH, Occupied West Bank — Black smoke will be seen rising at 10 a.m. on Thursday July 28 along the path of the Apartheid Wall in the central West Bank region from Marda to Qalandia as an SOS to the world to take action to stop Israel’s annexation of land, and imprisonment of the Palestinian people.

In...

Read more

ACTION ALERT
Update on three Palestinian leaders

I. Abdullah Abu-Rahme

Arrested in a nonviolent protest on July 15, 2005. A Judge at Ofer military base on Tuesday, July 26, ruled that Abu-Rhame was “too dangerous” to be released on bail and that he will be held until the end of the proceeding against him.

Abdullah...

Read more

A trio of demonstrations are planned for Friday in villages and cities around the West Bank. If the Israeli military’s history is any indicator, violent response to the peaceful protests is expected.

I. PROTESTING THE “BARRIER” IN JENIN:
Israel’s illegal barrier near the northern West Bank town of Jenin...

Read more

I. Abdullah Abu-Rahme:
Arrested in a nonviolent protest on July 15, 2005. A Judge at Ofer military base on Tuesday, July 26, ruled that Abu-Rhame was “too dangerous” to be released on bail and that he will be held until the end of the proceeding against him.

Abdullah is a prominent leader in the Bil’in Popular...

Read more

ISM PRESS RELEASE ON UPCOMING ACTION — A week of nonviolent resistance in the besieged West Bank city of Nablus and surrounding areas will continue Sunday, July 24 when ISM volunteers and Israeli peace activists travel to the village of Salem to assist locals in planting trees on the land separated from the village by a road only settlers are...

Read more

ISM PRESS RELEASE — Residents of the West Bank village of Bil’in – along with Israelis and foreign peace activists – were chased by Israeli soldiers Friday afternoon during the protest against construction of the illegal barrier being built in the village. As the village was filled with tear gas from canisters shot into various points...

Read more

by Marcy Newman

There is a Palestinian rap group called DAM who has a popular song entitled “Meen Erhabe?” or “Who’s the Terrorist?” That song played over and over again in my mind yesterday as I participated in a nonviolent demonstration against the Apartheid Wall and illegal Israeli settlement expansion, in...

Read more

Dear friends,

My Name is Asim. I wanted you all to know that settlers attacked our land here in Salem last week and cut all our olive trees to the east side of the village. Even though the settlements are expanding on our land, this is taking it to another level of brutality. There is no need for them to commit these horrible acts. Please,...

Read more

Listen to an interview with Sarita Ahooja, a Montreal-based activist, currently in Occupied Palestine as a delegate for the International Solidarity Movement’s Freedom Summer campaign. Sarita talks about the recent activities of the ISM, the brutal efforts of the Israeli army to supress...

Read more