Author: ISM Media Group
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YNet: UK trade union backs total boycott of Israel
UNISON calls for cultural, economic, academic and sporting boycott of Israel until it ends occupation by Ronen Bodoni The UK’s largest trade union, UNISON, advocated on Wednesday a total boycott of Israel over its continued occupation of Palestinian territories. A statement issued by delegates meeting in Brighton read: “The conference believes that ending the occupation…
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Soldier to human rights worker: “In case you haven’t noticed, Israel is not a democracy”
by ISM Hebron On Saturday June 16, at 8.15 am, two human rights workers (HRWs) were taking a tour through the olive groves near the illegal Israeli settlement of Tel Rumeida when they heard dialogue in Hebrew coming from the second floor of a Palestinian home. The owner of this house is a Palestinian man…
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70 Palestinians detained at Tel Rumeida checkpoint
by ISM Hebron On the morning of June 18, four Israeli border police and two Israeli soldiers were present at the checkpoint leading into the Tel Rumeida district of Hebron. The policemen turned up at 7:20am and began conducting their own ‘security checks.’ Palestinians and human rights groups see these checks as a continual daily…
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Get on the Boat! –The Free Gaza Movement
1) Free Gaza Movement 2) Palestinian Farmer killed in Tulkarem 3) 16 Palestinian children made homeless today 4) Palestinians exit Friday prayers and enter mass detentions 5) Protesters take Rubber Bullets to Head and Stomach 6) Muslim graveyard vandalized by followers of biblical war criminal 7) Amnesty: Enduring Occupation 8) CounterPunch: Sailing to Gaza 9)…
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The Crisis in Gaza: Made in Israel
by Michael Warschawski, ICAHD The old dream of Ariel Sharon is becoming a reality: Palestinians are killing Palestinians, and Israel is counting the number of victims with great satisfaction. The tears of Israeli leaders are crocodile tears, and their claims that they are sorry for the tragic developments in Gaza are mere hypocrisy. The bloody…