Author: ISM Media Group
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Protest outside UNRWA building, Nablus, after more killings in Gaza
On Wednesday 16th April, 2008, up to fifty people protested outside the office of United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in Nablus, in repsonse to attacks that have taken place in Gaza by the Israeli army. The protesters called on UNRWA to take action in regards to the recent Israeli attacks on Gaza, and…
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IMEMC: Palestinians Prisoners day: 9750 Palestinians are imprisoned by Israel
Original article published by IMEMC, 17th April 2008, click here As Palestinians marked the Prisoners National Day on Thursday, official records showed that Israel still holds 9750 Palestinian political detainees. Since 1967, when Israel occupied the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, Israeli troops have taken a total of 750, 000 Palestinian political detainees, the…
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The Guardian: Area C strikes fear into the heart of Palestinians as homes are destroyed
By Rory McCarthy Original article published in The Guardian on 15th April 2008, click here In the end it came down to a single-page letter, written in Hebrew and Arabic and hand-delivered by an Israeli army officer who knocked at the front door. The letter spelt the imminent destruction of the whitewashed three-storey home and…
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Palestinians, internationals and P.A. Minister gather in Al-Aqaba to protest Israeli demolition orders
Palestinian and international activists from Ramallah, Budrus, Bil’in, Al-Khader, Um Salamona and Jenin gathered in the village of Al-Aqaba in the Jordan Valley on Saturday to express solidarity with the villagers in their effort to maintain their presence in spite of Israel’s attempt to wipe their village off the face of the map. Also joining…
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ICAHD: Video of Prof. Jeff Halper being detained while attempting to prevent house being demolished
Original Ma’an report (click here) Israeli police arrested Jeff Halper, the founder and coordinator of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) for attempting to prevent the destruction of a Palestinian house in the town of Anata, within the municipal boundaries of Jerusalem, on Wednesday morning. He was detained at the Metsudat Adumim police headquarters…