Author: ISM Media Group

  • Human Rights Observor attacked by settler, grilled by police

    Susiya, south Hebron region September 26th, 2007 A little before 10:00am an international human rights worker began to monitor an Israeli settler working on land located directly next to Susiya settlement on the road leading both to Hebron and Beer Sheva. This settler, Musi Doyts, is the only person allowed to work this land, in…

  • Ha’aretz: Settlers plan to set up 5 new West Bank outposts during Sukkot

    By: Nadav Shragai September 26th, 2007 Right-wing activists are planning to set up five new settlement nuclei throughout the West Bank this Sunday, during the interim days of Sukkot. The operation, details of which were announced Tuesday, will include taking possession of the land at the following locations: Givat Ha’eitam near Efrat, Hill 1013 near…

  • Guardian: Life behind the wire

    By: Chris Doyle September 24, 2007 Imagine if, after an IRA bombing, a British prime minister declared Catholic areas in Northern Ireland to be hostile territory, and threatened to reduce or cut off goods, water, fuel and electricity supplies. It sounds implausible but the one and a half million residents of the Gaza Strip, an…

  • Ha’aretz: Listen as the silence breaks

    by Dalia Karpel September 21st, 2007. A NEW ISRAELI STUDY CONFIRMS OUR WORST FEARS. “We – Israeli Soldiers – were put there to punish the Palestinians”, says Ilan Vilenda, an Israeli soldier who served in Rafah during the first Intifada. Ilan is the only soldier of 21 who agreed to have his name published, after…

  • In Memory of Haidar Abdel Shafi

    Speech by Haidar Abdel Shafi Madrid 31 October 1991 In the name of God, the merciful, the compassionate. O esteemed audience. Allow me first to extend greetings of thanks and appreciation to the State of Spain, king, government, and people, for hosting this historic conference. I would also like to extend greetings of pride and…