Author: ISM Media Group
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Settler Aggression at the Jabri Family Farm
Jabri Farm Demonstration 31 August 2007 A group of 40 activists, Palestinians, internationals, Israelis, ISM, CPT, the Children of Abraham and Taayush came to the jabri farm in Hebron for to demonstrate with the family, which faces displacement due to settler expansion. They came to collect hay for the owner’s goats clear the land of…
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International Human Rights Workers Try to Enforce Israeli Court Order When the Military Will Not
Shortly after 8:00am an international human rights worker (HRW) rode his bicycle past an area where three settlers were working. The area in question was declared a closed military zone by the army on August 18th which forbade all but one settler man, Musi Doyts, from entering, or working on the property. The international took…
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PEACE ACTIVISTS UNDER ARREST FOR PREVENTING THE REBUILDING OF MILITARY ROADBLOCK IN PALESTINIAN VILLAGE
PEACE ACTIVISTS UNDER ARREST FOR PREVENTING THE REBUILDING OF MILITARY ROADBLOCK IN PALESTINIAN VILLAGE For Immediate Release Contact Molly, ISM Media 059943157 September 1, 2007 Yesterday in Sarra village near Nablus, four human rights defenders from Germany, the United States, The United Kingdom and Canada were arrested for blocking Israeli military bulldozers from rebuilding a…
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Video: Soldiers Beat Palestinian Demonstrators in Bil’in, Arrest Two Israelis and Detain One International
Today marked the 134th consecutive demonstration in Bil’in Village against settlement activity on village land and against the building of the apartheid wall, which separates local villagers from their farmland. About 40 Palestinian, Israeli and international demonstrators participated this week. The weekly demonstration accompanies a legal challenge to the legitimacy of the attempt to expand…
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Haaretz: “A bench in the breach?”
By Akiva Eldar “And as always, those who are hurt more than anyone else are the Palestinians, on whose land the High Court seal of approval has been given for Jews to settle.” Something strange happened this week in the Supreme Court. Justice Ayala Procaccia, considered the heir to Mishael Cheshin in terms of judicial…