Author: ISM Media Group

  • Haaretz: High Court ruling closes off Route 443 to Palestinians

    Original article printed in Haaretz on the 19th March 2008. For the original article click here The interim decision issued 10 days ago by the High Court of Justice on the use of Route 443 marks the first time the justices have issued a ruling to close a road traversing occupied territory to Palestinian use,…

  • The Jewish Advocate : This land was theirs

    By Hannah Mermelstein – Sunday March 23 2008 On March 20, 1941, Yosef Weitz of the Jewish National Fund wrote: “The complete evacuation of the country from its other inhabitants and handing it over to the Jewish people is the answer.” On this day in 1948, almost two months before the first “Arab-Israeli war” technically…

  • House Confiscation in Old City Hebron

    On Thursday, March 20 and Friday the 21st the Israeli army invaded a family’s home in Hebron. International and Palestinian Human Rights Workers were able to stall them for one day, but on Friday they returned, evicted the family, confiscated the house, and welded the door shut to prevent anyone from returning. In the process,…