Author: ISM Media Group

  • Settlers attack Palestinian family in Sheikh Jarrah, injure seven

    20 October 2009 The settlers who have recently occupied the house of the Gawi family, forcefully evicted from their home in Sheikh Jarrah on 2 August 2009, launched an attack today on the Palestinians camping outside. According to local sources, seven Palestinians were injured and four arrested. The attack started between 8 and 8.30pm, when…

  • Believing in the nonviolent struggle

    Jody McIntyre | Electronic Intifada 20 October 2009 The following is Palestinian nonviolent resistance activist Ahmed A. Khatib’s story as told to The Electronic Intifada contributor Jody McIntyre: My name is Ahmed A. Khatib, I am 32 years old, and married with four children. I live in the village of Bilin, where I work on…

  • Israel pulls textbook with chapter on Nakba

    Or Kashti | Haaretz 19 October 2009 The Ministry of Education has taken the unusual step of collecting all copies of the history textbook, “Nationalism: Building a State in the Middle East” which was published about two months ago by the Zalman Shazar Center. They will be returned to the shelves only after corrections are…

  • Iraq Burin: Local farmers and international volunteers plant 45 olive trees on land reclaimed from a nearby settlement

    18 October 2009 On Sunday, 18 October, about 30 internationals from several different solidarity groups accompanied inhabitants of the village Iraq Burin south of Nablus to plant olive trees. 45 plants were donated by the Palestinans Authority and the action was considered successful by the local residents. The olive trees were planted close to the…

  • Army continue to restrict farmers’ access to fields during olive harvest in Salim

    19 October 2009 The farmers from Salim, a village located north east of Nablus and close to the illegal Israeli settlement Elon Moreh, faced numerous problems throughout this year’s olive harvest. The army prevented them on several occasions from accessing a substantial amount of farmland lying behind the gates of the settler-only road, issued Closed…