Tag Archives: International solidarity movement

ACTION ALERT: JOIN ISM!

16th August 2014 | International Solidarity Movement | Occupied Palestine The International Solidarity Movement (ISM) is placing a call out for volunteers to join us in the West Bank now, and for the olive harvest beginning in October. We need solidarity activists to support the Palestinian popular struggle by joining protests and demonstrations, to document and report on the crimes […]

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ISM Palestine condemns Ynetnews misinformation, calls on Ynet to correct false allegations

  7th May 2013 | ISM Palestine | Hebron, Occupied Palestine By Team Nablus International Solidarity Movement calls on Ynetnews, a popular Israeli digital newspaper, to correct the false allegations against the recently arrested Swedish human rights activist and a young boy in Al-Khalil (Hebron). Ynetnews reported that the Swedish activist allegedly attempted to take […]

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Humanity has no nationality: 2nd anniversary of the murder of Vittorio Arrigoni

15th April 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nabi Saleh, Occupied Palestine By Team Khalil Vittorio Arrigoni “We must remain human, even in the most difficult times … Because, despite everything, there must always be humanity within us. We have to bring it to others.” -Vittorio Arirgoni Today marks the second anniversary of the murder of […]

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A present to ISM (@IsmPalestine) from our zionist neighbours

6th April 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Hebron, Occupied Palestine By Team Khalil The ISM team based in Hebron woke up last week to find that their zionist settler neighbours had left a present for them on their doorstop. A tyre , a large piece of cloth and a stone were organised onto a pile […]

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British Activists being detained in UK airports under anti-terrorism legislation on return home from Palestine

All Israeli Attacks – Timeline | All Israeli cease Fire Violations – Timeline 28 February 2013 | International Solidarity Movement & Corporate Watch, London, Complicit Britain Two British peace activists have been detained in recent weeks after arriving home from the West Bank, occupied Palestine. They have been detained and taken in for questioning, over […]

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Al Khalil: School children reflect on changes in Israeli military following presence of ISM volunteers

by Edna | 25 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank The safe, comfortable, winsome childhood I had growing up in suburban America is a completely theoretical concept for the Palestinian children in the West Bank. I’ve realized this while volunteering as a human rights observer in Hebron. One activity that entails is sitting […]

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2 international activists assaulted by extreme settlers in Al Khalil

9 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank 2 international activists were assaulted late this morning by extreme Zionist setters in Al Khalil (Hebron). A female activist was assaulted by a male settler, after being punched in the face and having her camera stolen by this male settler. Today’s attack comes following weeks of […]

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Graffiti commemorates life of Vittorio Arrigoni – in pictures

Related Vik, A Friend, A Brother, A Humanist Demotix | Febr 5, 2012 | Photography by Jeffrey Bright Vittorio Arrigoni, an Italian reporter who worked with the pro-Palestinian International Solidarity Movement in the Gaza Strip from 2008 until his death 2011, is remembered in graffiti seen around the port. Palestinian Territory. 4th February 2012 Vittorio […]

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Volunteer in Gaza with the ISM

9 December 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza The International Solidarity Movement is appealing for activists to join our team in the besieged Gaza Strip.  After being barred from Gaza in 2003 following the murders of Rachel Corrie and Tom Hurndall, ISM Gaza was reinstated in August 2008 when ISM and other volunteers traveled aboard […]

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Video Shows Family Members Of Arrigoni Kidnappers Urging His Release

Saturday April 23, 2011 13:47 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies “All of the Muslims in the world are wrong, and you three are the only ones who are right?!!” pleads the father of Mahmoud Salfity, one of the kidnappers, in a video published on a the website of the Palestinian Interior Ministry on […]

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Gaza bids farewell to slain Arrigoni – video

19 Apr 2011 | AlJazeera Hundreds of Vittorio Arrigoni’s friends and supporters escorted his coffin in a final farewell to the 36 year-old peace activist at a ceremony in Rafah. He is the first foreigner to have been kidnapped and killed in the Gaza Strip. Hamas, which rules the Palestinian territory, blamed a Salafi group for his murder. It has […]

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Kidnapped in Gaza | Reports From Vittorio’s Blog

by Vittorio Arrigoni on April 18, 2011 The following was sent to us by Daniela Loffreda, a close friend of Vittorio Arrigoni.  She writes: “This is a chilling account from Vittorio’s blog of what happened to him and other ISM activists when they were kidnapped by the Israeli military in 2008. The media keeps focusing on how […]

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Gaza police: one of Arrigoni’s killers is Jordanian

[ 18/04/2011 – 02:30 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Palestinian police in Gaza said one of the men accused of killing Italian activist Vittorio Arrigoni is a Jordanian national. The Gaza police released pictures of the killers including the Jordanian citizen and described them as the most wanted men in the Strip. The wanted men, […]

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Thousands of Gazans Participate in Slain Italian Activist’s Funeral

18.04.11 – 18:33 Gaza City – PNN – On Monday, politicians, NGO workers, and activists took part in the funeral of Vittorio Arrigoni who was killed last Friday by a Salafist group in Gaza. Palestinian police officers carried Arrigoni’s coffin and marched in the funeral. Those in attendence carried his picture and, in reference to […]

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Hamas holds 4 suspects over Italian’s murder

GAZA CITY (AFP) — The Hamas government said Saturday it has arrested two more suspects in connection with the murder of an Italian activist, hanged hours after his abduction. The interior ministry “managed to arrest two suspects” in the murder on Friday of pro-Palestinian activist Vittorio Arrigoni, in addition to two other suspects previously taken […]

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