Author: ISM Media Group

  • Palestinian community says no to roadblocks, yes to freedom

    *****ACTION CANCELLED***** Following correspondance from one of our activists, we have been made aware that the army wish to remove the road block permanently on Saturday. Although we hold reservations that being Shabbat, this is unlikely to occur, we have to respect the wishes of the village who wish to cancel the demonstration for the…

  • Pulling Up Illegal Settlement From the Root

    Report: Al Mazra al Qiblya 22nd August 2007 A demonstrator holds a pulled up seedling planted on confiscated Palestinian land Approximately 60 Palestinian, Israeli and international activists joined together to protest and take non-violent direct action against the illegal confiscation of Palestinian land from the village of Al Mazra al Qiblya. Israel has declared the…

  • Journal: About the Combatants for Peace Meeting in Shufa

    Shufa, Tulkarem Area, 14th August 2007 Members of Combatants for Peace with the Vice President of the European Parliament Louisa Morgantini A meeting of Combatants for Peace, with an audience of more than one hundred people, took place in this small village adjacent to the illegal settlement of Avne Hafez and with a checkpoint blocking…

  • ISM Regional Update: The Unique Position of the Jordan Valley

    Introduction The Jordan Valley lies in the east of the West Bank and runs from the Sea of Galilee in the north to the Dead Sea in the south. Since the Six Day War in 1967, Israel strengthened its grip of the occupied area because of its great political, economic and geographical importance. The occupation…

  • Britain denies under 19 Palestinian football team entrance into the UK

    From the Palestine Solidarity Campaign Many organisations spent weeks and months planning to host the Palestinian Under 19 football team in a 3 week visit to the UK in September. This visit is no longer going to take place as the British Consulate in Jerusalem has refused to grant visas to the entire team and…