Author: ISM Media Group

  • Home Rebuilding Camp in Bethlehem

    Holy Land Trust in Partnership with The Israeli Committee Against House Demolition (ICAHD) 1 July 2007 – 15 July 2007 Purpose of the Camp: The main activity of the camp is to rebuild a home demolished by the Israeli military in a Palestinian area; this is one of the most important issues facing Palestinians living…

  • Rights groups demand lawyers’ suspension for slander

    By Yuval Yoaz , Haaretz Eight human rights organizations seek the suspension of two attorneys from the High Court of Justice Division of the State Prosecutor’s Office for making offensive remarks about two local human rights groups in a written statement to the High Court about two weeks ago. Justice Minister Daniel Friedmann and Attorney…

  • Open Gaza’s Borders to Prevent a Humanitarian Crisis

    Urgent Appeal from Israeli Human Rights Groups to Israeli Defense Minister: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 17 June 2007 As we write these lines, hundreds of refugees are trapped between Erez crossing, which is sealed, and the Hamas military force preventing their return to Gaza. The sick and those injured from recent events are trapped in Gaza.…

  • (Video) Building Palestinian Economic Independence

    by George S. Rishmawi, footage by Kathy Kamp, AFSC George S. Rishmawi is a co-founder and coordinator of Siraj, the Palestinian Center for Holy Land Studies and one of the founders of the International Solidarity Movement. He is a board member of the Network of Christian Organizations in Bethlehem. Siraj is organizing a network of…

  • Counter Israel’s policy of Bedouin demolition (ACTION ALERT)

    Call for a letter-writing campaign from the Recognition Forum Photo from Negev Coexistence Forum For about two years now, the Israeli government has been carrying out an unwritten policy of wiping from the face of the earth entire villages of Bedouins in the Negev. This policy is well demonstrated by the repeated demolition of ‘Tawil…