Author: ISM Media Group
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Israeli forces assault and forcibly deport New Zealand peace activist once kidnapped in Iraq.
Harmeet Sooden. Picture taken in January 2005 on a farm outside Jenin where he was helping to plant olive trees. Harmeet Sooden, a peace activist from New Zealand, was forcibly deported from Israel on the 18th of June at 1 am, after four days in jail. Sooden was told he was being deported because he…
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First in a series of demonstrations by villages of Tammoun and Khirbet Atuf
On Wednesday 18th June, approximately forty farmers from the villages of Tammoun and Khirbet Atuf, near Nablus, along with internationals, made a symbolic protest at the Israeli-imposed barrier that prevents them from entering their lands, in the first of what is to be series of protests against the discrimination they face. Looking out over the…
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J-Post: Court to hear petition on Silwan digs
By Elana Kirsh To view original article, published by the Jerusalem Post on the 18th June, click here The High Court of Justice in Jerusalem will hear a petition on Wednesday on the issue of archaeological excavations being carried out in tunnels under the village of Silwan. According to Rabbis for Human Rights (RHR), the…