“Contempt for justice in Israeli system”: Swedish activist being deported despite false charges and legal appeal | #Palestine4Palestinians

ACTION ALERT | #PALESTINE4PALESTINIANS 65 YEARS NAKBA = ENOUGH! 13th May 2013 | International Solidarity Movement | Hebron, Occupied Palestine By Team Khalil Swedish activist Gustav Karlsson is today, 13th May, being transferred to Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv in preparation to be flown back to Sweden against his will. He is currently appealing […]

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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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12- and 11-year old Palestinian children arrested after attack by settler children – Swedish activist also arrested

28th April 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Hebron, Occupied Palestine By Team Khalil UPDATE 28th April 19.30 The two Heikel brothers were released around 18.30. Ahmed (aged 12) has had his fingerprints taken by the police and his younger brother Mouawieh (aged 11) was kicked in the stomach by an Israeli soldier. UPDATE 28th April […]

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International from Sweden arrested at non-violent demonstration in support of Samer Issawi

8th April 2012 | International Solidarity Movement,Beit Omar, Occupied Palestine by Team Khalil A Swedish activist was arrested by Israeli border police this afternoon at a non- violent demonstration in Beit Omar. He was taken to the police station at Gush Etzion settlement and detained for two hours before being released. The demonstration was held […]

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Sweden summons Israeli ambassador over settlements

Maan News Agency | Dec 3, 2012 STOCKHOLM (Reuters) — Sweden has summoned the Israeli ambassador in Stockholm to a meeting, the foreign ministry said on Monday, as governments across Europe acted to express concern over Israel’s plans to expand Jewish settlements on occupied land. Britain and France summoned Israeli ambassadors and were weighing other […]

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#Estelle #Flotilla | #Israel threatens to use force against peaceful solidarity boat

[ PIC 14/10/2012 – 11:03 AM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– A Palestinian human rights group has warned of the possible Israeli use of force against the solidarity vessel Estelle to block its arrival to Gaza. The Assembly for Palestinian Rights said in a press release on Sunday that activists on board the ship were contacted by […]

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#Flotilla #Estelle | Israeli regime threatens Gaza-bound ship with military force

Pro-Palestinian people see off the Swedish-owned vessel Estelle leaving Italy’s port city of Naples, October 6, 2012. PressTV | Sun Oct 14, 2012 7:49AM GMT Israel said that it would take action to stop the ship from reaching land if it tries to break the blockade,” Finnish Foreign Ministry spokesman Risto Piipponen The Tel Aviv […]

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#Flotilla | PRESS RELEASE | Estelle : We are sailing again, on our way to Gaza! (Incl.Press Info)

Ship to Gaza Press Releases 2012-10-01 The port authorities in La Spezia in northern Italy finally decided to not give in to Israeli  pressure. Just minutes ago Ship to Gaza and its vessel Estelle got final clearance to depart from port. Credit to the responsible officials who showed integrity and a sense of justice! We […]

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#Flotilla | Israel won’t allow flotilla to approach Gaza Strip

Mohammed Mar’i | Saudi Gazette | Last Updated : Monday, October 01, 2012 1:05 AM RAMALLAH — The Israeli foreign ministry announced that Israel will not allow a new flotilla to approach Gaza Strip to break Israel’s sea blockade. The ministry said in a statement that Israel was in contact with the governments whose citizens […]

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#Flotilla | International flotilla sets sail to break Gaza blockade

Hend Kortam | August 4, 2012 | DailyNewsEgypt Swedish based organisation begins voyage hoping to raise awareness for plight of Gazans A screengrab from a youtube clip shows the Estelle, a ship voyaging to break the Gaza blockade from Sweden Estelle, a ship voyaging to break the Gaza blockade has begun its journey from Sweden. […]

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Swedish airport bans Israeli security procedures | #Airflotilla2 #Stockholm #Sweden

Maan News Agency | April 20, 2012 TEL AVIV, Israel (Ma’an) — Stockholm’s international airport has refused to allow Israeli security inspections to take place, forcing an Israeli airline to stop its service, daily Haaretz reported Thursday. Israeli security procedures, which often involve ethnic and personal profiling, were prohibited from taking place at Denmark’s Copenhagen […]

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Swedish peace activist beaten up by Israeli Occupation Forces – Video

by Jonas Weber and Jeff 1 April 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Linking Elbows at Qalandia A Swedish peace activist at the Land Day demonstration in Qalandia, outside of Ramallah, was arrested. During the arrest he was kicked and beaten by the Israeli soldiers. “It happened so fast, I never understood what was […]

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In Pictures: Palestinian and Swedish Choirs Join Hands in Ramallah

PNN – Palestine News Network 21.10.11 |  Lo Yuk Fai The Swedish Falun Peace Choir and the Ramallah-based Zaridash choir performed a joint show on Wednesday evening at the Bethlehem Peace Center, across the main square from the Church of the Nativity. Songs in Arabic and Swedish featured at the free show, and PNN photographer […]

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Greece ‘sold its soul’ on Gaza: Henning Mankell

Swedish bestselling crime author Henning Mankell slams Greece for blocking the aid flotilla to Gaza as some of Sweden’s pro-Palestinian activists returned home AFP , Thursday 7 Jul 2011 Swedish bestselling crime author Henning Mankell slammed Greece for blocking the aid flotilla to Gaza as some of Sweden’s pro-Palestinian activists returned home on Thursday. “That […]

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Swedish activists to sue Israeli leaders

[ 06/11/2010 – 09:07 AM ]   LONDON, (PIC)– Swedish activists have decided to sue Israeli leaders for their role in ordering the attack on the Freedom Flotilla aid convoy that was bound to Gaza Strip but was intercepted at sea by Israeli navy forces late last May. Dror Feiler, the spokesman for the Swedish […]

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