Author: ISM Media Group

  • IHT: Light through the wall

    By Fida Qishta Wednesday, January 30, 2008 Life in Rafah, Gaza’s southern-most city, has always been difficult. But the period since March 2006 has been the worst in my 25-year life. Israel placed Gaza under a siege after Hamas won the Palestinian elections and tightened the siege after Palestinians captured an Israeli soldier near Rafah…

  • IMC-Chicago: Hundreds Gather to Stand with Gaza and Protest Israeli War Machine

    For the original article with many pictures, click here: http://chicago.indymedia.org/newswire/display/81163/index.php http://chicago.indymedia.org/newswire/display/81168/index.php Hundreds of protesters rallied tonight in front of the Lakeshore Theatre on north Broadway to picket a benefit for the Friends of the Israeli Defense Force. The Chicago protest was initiated by ISM-Chicago and endorsed by the Palestine Solidarity Group, the West Suburban Faith-based…

  • Settlers Rain Stones and Urine on Palestinian Home and Street

    Sunday, January 27, 2008. This morning at around 10:30am, settlers from Beit Hadassah Settlement in Hebron city rained stones, bottles, urine and dirty water on their Palestinian neighbours. The attack continued sporadically for the next hour and a half. Shopkeepers on Old Shalalah St in the Bab Iz-Zawiyye neighbourhood reported that a number of youths…

  • AIC: Genocide in Gaza, Ethnic Cleansing in the West Bank

    Written by Ilan Pappé Wednesday, 30 January 2008 “There is no other way of stopping Israel than that of boycott, divestments and sanctions. The only soft point of this killing machine is its oxygen lines to ‘western’ civilization and public opinion.” Original article can be read here: http://www.alternativenews.org/news/english/genocide-in-gaza-ethnic-cleansing-in-the-west-bank-20080130.html Not long ago, I claimed that Israel…

  • *Two Videos* Soldiers “moon” activists, fire on shepherds, CPT in the south Hebron hills

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Israeli Soldiers Bare All In South Hebron Hills 01-19-08 Video: For a video of Israeli soldiers “mooning” Palestinian shepherds and international volunteers: Raw footage is available by request Israeli Soldiers Bare All In South Hebron Hills: Soldiers Expose themselves to Palestinian Shepherds as Part of Ongoing Harassment Friday, January 12, soldiers from…