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Bil’in Locked Down in Curfew

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ISM Media Team Contact: Mohammed 0545851893 Media Office: 022971824 Greta: 0542011548 At 5:00 am, three border police cars broke the peaceful sleep of the villagers in Bil’in, moving through the village with their bullhorns blaring. “You are ...

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Israeli army continues uprooting in Salem

Salem is a small village of about 6,000 residents that is the site of some recent Israeli construction, which tends to come with a certain amount of destruction of Palestinian property. It started this morning, when an Israeli earth-crusher began ...

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Does this deserve a “Sh’hechiyanu”?

by Lawrence Zweig Here is a prayer that traditional Jews say when they do something for the first time in any specific year, and even in their life. Last Friday I got my first dose of tear-gas and sound-bombs. It ...

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New Settlement Puts Pressure on Jerusalem Palestinians

by Jon Elmer The New Standard Situated on a hill overlooking the Old City of Jerusalem, the new Israeli housing development looks like it could be an upscale planned community in suburban North America: a billboard solicits buyers for “phase ...

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Gaza occupation continues after disengagement

From the CNI Foundation The Israeli settlers have left, but the siege of Palestinian towns and villages in Gaza that lie near the old settlements continues unabated, according the latest report of the Palestinian Center for Human Rights. The Israeli ...

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This Week in Palestine: August 29 – September 4

Compiled by Women for Palestine The following information has been obtained from various sources, notably the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, the Electronic Intifada, the International Middle East Media Centre, Ramallah Online and others. NORTHERN GAZA Wednesday, 31 August 2005 ...

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Soldiers in Bil’in

ISM Media Office At 2:30 am, two jeeps and 20 soldiers invaded Bil’in, taking photos and walking through the village. They went to a family’s home and asked questions. In addition, they stopped Abdullah, who had gotten up to investigate, ...

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