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Two children shot in the village of Bil’in

Posted on: April 28, 2011
Israeli army enters Bil'in

28 April 2011 | Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements

Today around noon Jamal Atef Al Khateeb (age 15) was shot with rubber bullets in his stomach and mouth, and Nashmi Mohamad Abu Rahma (age 16) was shot with a rubber bullet in his leg. They were transferred to a Ramallah hospital for treatment.

This happened as the Israeli military broke through the village while students were going home from school. The Israeli soldiers started to shoot rubber bullets and tear gas towards the students, causing the … Continue reading


Updated on April 28, 2011
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Gaza City ceremony honours journalists killed reporting in Gaza

Posted on: July 28, 2010
cameraman Sameer Al-Boje of Palmedia receiving the award in honour of Fadel Shana'a

28 July 2010 | ISM Gaza

Journalists killed by Israel while reporting in Gaza were remembered at an award ceremony in Gaza City yesterday; family members and co-workers received a plaque in their honour.

Abu Walid Mahmoud Al-Zaq of the Palestinian Popular Struggle Front (PPSF), the group organising the event – on their 43rd anniversary – presented awards in memory of ten journalists.

One of those was James Miller, a British documentary-maker killed in Gaza in May 2003, whose award was accepted on his behalf by current members of the International Solidarity Movement working in Gaza.

One Palestinian journalist honoured was Fadel Shana’a, killed … Continue reading


Updated on July 29, 2010
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Protests continue: Al Ma’sara, Beit Ommar, Ni’lin, Iraq Burin and Nabi Saleh

Posted on: July 26, 2010
Al Ma'sara 23 July 2010

26 July 2010 | International Solidarity Movement

Al Ma’sara (23 July 2010): Strong turn out for the second week running

Over 100 people participated in Al Ma’sara’s demonstration today in a successful protest against the Israeli Apartheid Wall which saw one person injured.

With the support of many internationals, including a large French contingent, the village – known for creatively themed protests – chose ‘European solidarity’ as the slogan this week.

The demonstration in Al Ma’sara against the wall which … Continue reading


Updated on July 29, 2010
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Israel to investigate IndyMedia over photo with “Murderer” accusation

Posted on: June 22, 2009

Rose Foran | The Media Line

22 June 2009

Israel’s Deputy State Prosecutor has launched a criminal investigation into a website that allegedly published a picture of an Israeli soldier with the word “Murderer” over his photograph.

Indymedia Israel, a leftist news outlet, accused the soldier of killing a Palestinian protester with a gas canister during a clash in the West Bank village of Bilin in April. The website told its readers to forward the photograph, and asked if anyone knew more information about the soldier.

The caption on the site reads, “The soldier in the picture had murdered Abdallah Abu Rahma … Continue reading


Updated on June 22, 2009
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Gaza wears a face of misery: interview with Philip Rizk

Posted on: April 7, 2009
Rizk says it takes one visit to Gaza to picture the kind of agony people endure daily [Gallo/ Getty]

Adam Makary | Al Jazeera

4 April 2009

Philip Rizk, 27, a freelance journalist and blogger who has been reporting from Gaza since 2005, was arrested by Egyptian security forces after a pro-Palestinian rally in Cairo on February 6.

He was released a few days later without being charged.

While in Gaza, he filmed The Palestinian Life, a documentary highlighting non-violent means of resistance against the Israeli occupation.

The film is premiering at the London International Documentary Festival on April 4. Here are excerpts from an interview Rizk gave to Al Jazeera shortly before the film’s debut.

Al Jazeera: Why were you detained and … Continue reading


Updated on April 7, 2009
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Israel attacks international media building in Gaza City

Posted on: January 5, 2009

10pm, 5th January 2009, Gaza City: A high-story building housing international media outlets in Gaza City has been targeted by the Israeli military. Seven rounds were fired from an apache helicopter into the building in which international media which houses international media outlets such as Reuters.

Canadian Human Rights Activist Eva Bartlett was inside the building as it was attacked;

“It felt like the building was about to collapse. The attack was a few floors above where we were, but it felt like the building was going to come down.

Israel has denied the international media access to Gaza, now they are targeting … Continue reading


Updated on January 10, 2009
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AP: “Reporters hurt as Israeli security forces break up Palestinian demonstrations”

Posted on: March 8, 2007

Associated Press

Crowd-control devices like stun grenades and tear gas have injured a number of journalists in recent weeks, including two television crewmen covering a women’s protest Thursday — and reporters are charging they’ve been targeted by Israeli security forces.

Over the last three months, at least five journalists were injured — including an AP photographer whose leg was broken by a stun grenade — while covering protests or Israeli military operations. In one incident, an AP photographer said a stun grenade was thrown at reporters as they talked to soldiers.

The army denied any targeting of journalists, and said it … Continue reading


Updated on July 11, 2011
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AP: Israeli army “accused of attacking journalists”

Posted on: October 14, 2006

Associated Press

The Tel Aviv-based Foreign Press Association on Thursday accused the IDF of “unprovoked violence against journalists” after two Palestinian journalists were beaten up and one of them detained in the West Bank.

“In both cases there is no evidence that either colleague was doing anything other than pursuing their journalistic duties,” the FPA said in a statement.

Emad Borat, a freelance cameraman for Reuters news agency and other groups, has remained in custody since he was detained while filming soldiers entering the Palestinian village of Bil’in on Oct. 6, said Shai Carmeli-Pollak, an film maker.

Bilin, located near the … Continue reading


Updated on May 28, 2009
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