Death of Fouad Eid, a Wonderful Activist and a Friend
A few days ago devastating news arrived via Facebook about the violent death of a young guy form Burin called Fouad Eid. I met Fouad in Palestine in October’15 when he coordinated the international presence of ISM/IWPS volunteers in…
BDS activist continues detention without charge
On the 3rd of December the Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network (Samidoun) reported that an Israeli military court has postponed a hearing on the detention of Saleh Khawaja, Secretary of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC) and a leader…
Shadi, the youngest prisoner in Palestine
In December 2015, Shadi and his friend Ahmad were arrested at a bus stop in Jerusalem because a group of East Jerusalem settlers had called the police on suspicion of the boys being Palestinian. During the ensuing process of arrest,…
Thousands of Settlers from Near and Far in Occupied Al-Khalil
The weekend of 25th and 26th of November 2016 in Al-Khalil, which Israel calls Hebron, brought thousands of extremist Jews and settlers from all over Israel and abroad to celebrate the week’s Torah study on Chayei Sara (Life of Sarah),…
Umm al-Hiran, a village off the maps
Umm al-Hiran is a Bedouin village in the Negev desert in southern Israel. The village is surrounded by open landscape, the only structures in sight line. About fifteen minute drive away is a small city called Hura, where the children…
Nabi Saleh Conference: Family trauma under occupation
This is the last of our reports from the Nabi Saleh Conference 11-12 November 2016. The last day saw the presentation of portraits of people who had been killed by Israeli Forces, or by settlers. They had been painted by…
A note on BDS from “Occupation: The enemy of religions and humanity”
This is another report from the two-day conference in Nabi Saleh “Occupation, the enemy of humanity and religions”. The second day began with a very good introduction to the BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) movement by Jamal Juma from Stop…
Conference notes from “Occupation: The Enemy of Religions and Humanity”
November 11 and 12, 2016 the village of Nabi Saleh launched of a 2-day conference to discuss the resistance to the Israeli occupation. With the theme “Occupation: the Enemy of Humanity and Religions” speakers from Palestine, Europe, USA and Israel shared…
Non-violent action to resist the illegal confiscation of land in Jordan Valley
On Nov 17, IWPS joined a convoy of around 15 cars carrying about 75 people including Palestinians, local media and Israelis activists, from the village of Ein Al-Baida in the north of the Jordan Valley to the hill of Tel…
Another House Demolition in Jordan Valley
At around 09:30 on October 31, Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF), consisting of eight jeeps with about 40 soldiers and two bulldozers, one large and one smaller, arrived at Ad Deir village in Jordan Valley, situated in the north eastern corner…
Volunteer voices: The olive harvest
My daughter says “you are writing about the olive harvest again”. Firstly, for me that is what I am doing most days, but secondly it is a key economic, social and cultural event for Palestinian communities at this time of…
The battles of Burin
People in Burin have a very difficult life surrounded by the illegal settlements Yitzhar and Bracha. What I was not aware of until yesterday, when we again returned to help with the olive harvest, was that there is also an additional, small…
Hares boys: an update
On the 28th of January 2016, five teenage boys from Hares were officially sentenced to 15 years imprisonment following an accident in which a settler’s car was involved. The only evidence to convict these 16-year old boys was confessions written…
A prayer under an olive tree
Nsaf wakes up early this morning to get ready for her daily hour walk to her olive grove. Earlier in the week some IWPS volunteers joined her, a mother-of-nine now 61 years old, to pick olives with her husband, her…
Infamous settler causes disruption in Urif
Last Tuesday both the IWPS team and ISM team were harvesting olives in separate areas when we received a phone call telling us that there had been trouble with settlers from the illegal settlement Yitzhar and Israeli Occupation Forces…
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