Author: ISM Media Group

  • Haaretz: The Hebron tactic

    By Amira Hass For about 25 minutes, they behaved liked lords of the land: One man, followed later by a young guy, descended from Mitzpeh Yair, one of the unauthorized outposts in the southern Mt. Hebron area, and prevented a United Nations jeep from traveling. UN directives prohibit leaving the vehicle in such cases, in…

  • Christian Peacemaker Teams delegation to install football net in Old City

    By Christian Peacemaker Teams On Thursday, August 9th, at 11:00 am, a delegation from Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) will install a net across the street in front of the CPT apartment in the Chicken Market of the Old City. The delegates will connect the netting to the CPT apartment building and the building opposite, which…

  • Al Jazeera: Israel evicts Hebron settlers

    by: Al Jazeera and agencies Israeli security forces have removed about two dozen Jewish settlers and supporters from two Palestinian properties they took over last year in an abandoned Palestinian market in the West Bank city of Hebron. Hundreds of Israeli border guards moved in at dawn on Tuesday to evict the settlers from the…

  • Haaretz: IDF to halt training in populated West Bank villages

    By Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondent The Israel Defense Forces will no longer conduct reserves training exercises which involve the “capture” of populated villages in the West Bank, the military Advocate General Brigadier General Avihai Mandelblit announced this week. Mandelblit informed the human rights organization Yesh Din of the army’s decision pending the completion of an…

  • Family Reunification

    Date posted: August 06, 2007 By MIFTAH Since the beginning of Israeli occupation in 1967, all policies towards curbing the process of Palestinian family reunification have greatly threatened normal and stable family life for many. This has been especially true for residents of Jerusalem, whose linkage with the West Bank has been severed, not only…