MEMO | October 21, 2015 On 16 October 2015, Israeli Ambassador Roet addressed the UN Security Council in an emergency session on the escalating situation in Israel and Palestine. Below are excerpts of his speech followed by facts disproving them provided by the Palestinian government in a statement released yesterday. Israeli Ambassador Roet: “Israel is […]
International Solidarity Movement | October 20, 2015 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 […]
Ma’an – October 18, 2015 HEBRON – More than 200 Israeli settlers attacked the Palestinian villages of Wad al-Haseen and Wad al-Nasara near the illegal Israeli settlement of Kiryat Arba overnight in the eastern Hebron district of the occupied southern West Bank, locals and medics said. During the attack, Israeli settlers threw stones and firebombs […]
International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | October 17, 2015 Hebron, occupied Palestine – Today, Israeli forces and Israeli settlers in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron) murdered two Palestinian youth within three hours. In the morning, Israeli settlers from the illegal settlements within al-Khalil, walked past the 18-year old Palestinian youth Fadel al-Qawasmeh in segregated Shuhada street, cursing […]
International Solidarity Movement | October 14, 2015 Burin, occupied Palestine – A Palestinian farmer and English human rights defender have been hospitalized and at least 40 olive trees burned following an attack by illegal Israeli settlers in the northern West Bank town of Burin today. At 10am this morning, as ISM and other international volunteers […]
Ma’an – October 14, 2015 HEBRON – Israeli settlers on Tuesday attacked Palestinian homes in the Jabal Jalis area east of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, locals said. Local sources told Ma’an that settlers from the illegal Givat Gal outpost opened live fire on homes in the village. No injuries were reported. Attacks carried […]
IMEMC & Agencies | October 12, 2015 “Die, you son of a whore!! Die!!” shouted Israeli men at a seriously wounded Palestinian child, who was left to bleed while police stood around him doing nothing. One of the officers repeatedly pushed the boy down with his foot, whenever he tried to sit up. While the […]
International Solidarity Movement | October 12, 2015 Hebron, occupied Palestine – Yesterday afternoon, two girls were arrested by Israeli forces in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron). International human rights observers documenting the ungrounded arrest were harassed by settlers in front of the Israeli police station. Two young school-girls, aged 14 and 16, were stopped by Israeli forces […]
MEMO | October 10, 2015 The State Department said Friday that recent attacks by Palestinians against Israelis are “acts of terror” but failed to apply the same standard when violence is committed against Palestinians by Israelis. “We would consider these violent acts [by Palestinians] that we’re talking about specifically here as acts of terror,” spokesman […]
International Solidarity Movement | October 11, 2015 Hebron, occupied Palestine – It was another emotional day for Palestinians in al-Khalil, (Hebron) after the burial of martyr Muhammad al-Jabari who was shot to death by Israeli forces near the entrance to the illegal Kiryat Arba settlement. Thousands filled the streets as the body of the 19 […]
