Author: ISM Media Group
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Action Alert! Non-Violent Demonstration in Qusin on Friday despite previous Army repression
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 21, 2007 The villages around Nablus have recently seen a rise in demonstrations against roadblocks. In Sarra, and now in Qusin, people are standing up to the bars and cages the Israeli army has erected around the villages. It has not been easy: people have been arrested, gassed, and shot. Despite…
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Peace Activist Wounded by IOF Fire Returns to Sue
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE On the night of April 5th, 2003, in the west bank city of Jenin, Brian Avery from North Carolina was shot in the face by machine-gun fire from an approaching Israeli Army APC. He did not die, the bullet penetrated his nose, broke the bones in his nose, hit his eye and…
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Dissident Voices: The 25th Anniversary of the Massacre at Sabra-Shatilla, A Letter to Janet
Will anyone remember? Does anyone really care anymore? by Franklin Lamb / September 12th, 2007 Martyrs Square Sabra-Shatilla Palestinian Refugee Camp Beirut A Letter to Janet Dearest Janet, It’s a very beautiful fall day here in Beirut today. Twenty-five years ago this week since the September 15-18, 1982 Massacre at the Palestinian refugee camps at…
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International HRWs evicted from the streets of Tel Rumeida by Police
September 18th –19th, 2007 Tel Rumeida, Hebron September 18th: At 5pm, a busload of soldiers in the midst of their training and a busload of settler-supporting tourists arrived to the illegal settlement of Tel Rumeida. At this time, two international Human Rights Workers (HRWs) were warned by an IOF soldier that if they were to…
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Soldiers Caught on Tape Threatening Crowd with Grenade at Hawarra
Hawarra checkpoint, Nablus Sunday 16th, September 2007 During the holy month of Ramadan, when Palestinians are fasting, the Israeli army decided to close Hawarra checkpoint in Nablus. At 11am two international Human Rights Workers (HRWs) tried to leave Nablus through the Hawarra checkpoint, and found crowds of people held waiting to get home. The Palestinians…