Author: ISM Media Group

  • Two young men arrested in Birzeit

    On Thursday, March 27, 2008 at around 3:15 am, the Israeli military invaded the Birzeit homes of two young Palestinian men and proceeded to arrest both men. One of the young men, 25 years old and father of a two week old baby girl, had been badly injured by live ammunition about one month ago…

  • Tulkarm Holds First of Many Actions Commemmorating Land Day

    On Thursday the city of Tulkarm began the first of its Land Day demonstrations – a national event held on 30th March each year to commemorate the killing of seven Palestinians citizens of Israel by Israeli soldiers in 1976, during protests over land confiscation. The city began by replanting trees along Al Khadouri street –…

  • Land Day Demonstration in al-Masara

    On Friday, March 28th the villagers of al-Masara will hold a non-violent demonstration to commemorate Land Day and voice their opposition to the annexation wall and settlement expansion. This will be the 60th demonstration held in the village since 2007.

  • Haaretz: High Court ruling closes off Route 443 to Palestinians

    Original article printed in Haaretz on the 19th March 2008. For the original article click here The interim decision issued 10 days ago by the High Court of Justice on the use of Route 443 marks the first time the justices have issued a ruling to close a road traversing occupied territory to Palestinian use,…

  • The Jewish Advocate : This land was theirs

    By Hannah Mermelstein – Sunday March 23 2008 On March 20, 1941, Yosef Weitz of the Jewish National Fund wrote: “The complete evacuation of the country from its other inhabitants and handing it over to the Jewish people is the answer.” On this day in 1948, almost two months before the first “Arab-Israeli war” technically…