Author: ISM Media Group
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Tear Gas and Sound Grenades replaced with Music and Dancing: Bilin Celebrates…
To view the CNN report on the BIl’in victory celebration see: www.americanhummus.com On Friday, September 7th, the villagers of Bil’in were joined by international and Israeli comrades. Normally they come together every Friday to express their outrage of the unacceptable Apartheid Wall. Normally the day is filled with military violence, tear gas, sound bombs, and…
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Mass Detentions and House Searches in the Old City of Hebron
6th September 2007, Hebron Last night at 9.30pm dozens of soldiers were in the old city of Hebron. They called on loud speakers for all the men aged 18 to 35 to come out of the houses and then they detained them. Three international Human Rights Workers (HRWs) from ISM arrived at the Ibrahimi Mosque…
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Bil’in Celebrates Victorious Court Decision
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE On Friday, September 7th, the villagers of Bil’in will be celebrating the victorious court decision made on September 5th concerning the Apartheid Wall on their land. Bil’in has been holding weekly demonstrations for the last two and a half years against the theft of over 50% of their land by the Apartheid…
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Palestinian village celebrates victory over Israeli Apartheid
The 135th demonstration in the village of Bil’in took place yesterday. Normally the demonstrations occur on fridays, but this week something changed all that. This week, we encountered a seismic shift. Three Israeli judges ruled in favor of the villagers, saying the Apartheid Wall, which has been the focus of their weekly demonstrations for over…
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Non-Violent Peace Activist Threatened with Assasination
On Wednesday the 5th Septmember: At 2:30 in the morning, Israeli Occupation Forces invaded the Old City of Nablus close to the Al Masre school. In doing so they invaded the homes of a number of residents in particular targetting the family home of a local Palestinian human rights actvist. The residents of the activist’s…