Author: ISM Media Group

  • Tel Rumeida: Not All Fun and Games

    July 8th, 2007. At about 4:30 pm an international human rights worker (HRW) was sitting at the top of Tel Rumeida hill with three Palestinian children. The HRW noticed that the Israeli soldiers were playing with their guns. The soldiers were pointing them at children, playing air guitar with the guns, and taking photos of…

  • Tel Rumeida: More Harassment

    July 7th, 2007. At approximately 6:00 pm, two Palestinian boys were being detained at the checkpoint dividing Shuhada street in Tel Rumeida, H2, and the market in H1. Inside the checkpoint two Israeli soldiers were accompanied by a civilian settler who clearly took their attention away from their task. After 15 minutes two human rights…

  • What is Behind Allenby Bridge… (Digest)

    1. Um Salamuna: Defending the Land 2. Bil’in: Continued Repression 3. Nablus: 75 Olive Trees Planted Successfully in Iraq Burim 4. Israeli Soldiers Shoot Dead Palestinian Child in Hebron; Body Mauled by Military Dog 5. Tel Rumeida: Walking Down Shuhada Street 6. Back to Jail for Anti-Nuclear Activist 7. Tel Rumeida: Detention at the Ibrahimi…

  • Um Salamuna: Defending the Land

    July 6th, 2007. At around 11:00, 60 Palestinian, Israeli, and international activists gathered in the trees in Um Salamuna above the place where the apartheid wall is to be built. There were Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) on the hill across from us, watching while we happily wasted their weekend time. Palestinians and internationals gathered to…

  • Bil’in: Continued Repression

    July 6th, 2007. This afternoon, in the West Bank town of Bi’lin outside of Ramallah, approximately 70 demonstrators attempted to approach the annexation barrier which snakes through Palestinian land. The peaceful protesters included Palestinian members of the community, Israelis, and international observers from the International Solidarity Movement and the Scottish Palestinian Solidarity Campaign. Though the…