Author: ISM Media Group

  • West Bank is sealed off; two homes demolished in Bethlehem

    (Edited from Ma’an reports) Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak ordered the complete closure of the West Bank on Friday, sealing all entrances to Jerusalem and Israel. According to the Defense Ministry, the closure will last at least until next Sunday, giving the Israeli security services time to re-evaluate the situation after the attack on a…

  • Adalah-NY: In Ha’aretz interview Leviev “spins” protests against his companies’ settlement construction

    Adalah-NY: info@mideastjustice.org, www.mideastjustice.org (see excerpt from Ha’aretz interview below) New York, NY, March 7 – In a rare interview in the March 7 English edition of the Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz Daily, Israeli billionaire Lev Leviev responded to questions about recent protests and calls for a boycott of his companies in response to their settlement construction…

  • PYN, Paz Ahora, ISM Spain: Breaking the Siege of Gaza, Taking to the Streets

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Palestinian Youth Network (PYN), Paz Ahora, and ISM Spain March 5, 2008 Breaking the Siege of Gaza, Taking to the Streets After three and a half weeks of waiting at Rafah with much needed medicines for Gaza, on the evening of Wednesday, March 5, Saif Abu Keshek, General Coordinator of the Palestinian…

  • IMEMC: Palestinian farmer critically wounded by Israeli army gunfire in Bil’in

    http://www.imemc.org/article/53281 A Palestinian young man was wounded by Israeli army gunfire in the village of Bil’in near the northern West Bank city of Ramallah on Wednesday afternoon. Eyewitnesses told IMEMC that Wa’am Burnat, 18 was wounded as he was working in his family’s farmland in the village. Apparently Burnat came near the wall, Israel is…

  • Street fighting and home invasions in Hebron

    03-05-08 Three days ago the city of Hebron awoke to the sound of shooting and shouting. The Army cleared the checkpoint area with tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets and then occupied a house overhead to watch and shoot at the boys who threw stones. A few minutes later the army and the border police…