Author: ISM Media Group
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Another Voice: Surrender on the Dotted Line; An Analysis of OneVoice’s 10 Pillars
October 21st, 2007 Despite OneVoice’s recent efforts to minimize the attention on its “10 Pillars,” especially in the wake of widespread grassroots criticism, the fact remains that OneVoice created these 10 pillars to present as a basis for negotiations, under the guise that they represent the will of the majority of Palestinians and Israelis. As…
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Ongoing harassment in village near Nablus
The village of Sarra lies west of Nablus, near the villages of Tel, Jit, and Qusin. From Nablus to Sarra it would be a less than 10 minute drive were it not that the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) have designated the road “a closed military zone.” As a consequence, villagers must take a circuitous route,…
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Guardian: The moderate blindfold
By: Ben White October 19, 2007 We’ve had Live 8 and Live Earth, and this week, albeit on a smaller scale, we almost had One Million Voices. Organised by the OneVoice group, the declared aim was to bring together Palestinians and Israelis in simultaneous events in Tel Aviv, Jericho, London, Washington and Ottawa to voice…
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Strong Military Repression at Bil’in Demonstration
On Friday October 19th, members of the Palestinian cycling club and villagers of the West Bank town of Al Walaja joined international and Israeli activists along with the village of Bil’in for the weekly demonstration against the Segregation Wall. Al Walaja village has its own demonstration against the Segregation Wall, which will surround their village,…
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Human Rights Activists Protest against Apartheid Wall in Um Salamona
On Friday, October 19, approximately 100 human rights activists from different backgrounds converged at Um Salamona in the West Bank today to protest against the building of the segregation wall. Internationals, Palestinians and also Israelis, who are against the Occupation and construction of the Segregation Wall, all came together this morning to express their dissatisfaction…