Author: ISM Media Group
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Dreadful Consequences
Gaza today -lawless embargo , sanctions and occupation by Dr. Mona El-Farra, 23 May 2007 A few days ago, a ceasefire has been signed again between the two Palestinian fighting parties, Fatah and Hamas. And children are back at school. My daughter started her end of the year exams early. All the schools had to…
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Boycott Israel – Don’t Play another “Sun City”!
An open letter to the Rolling Stones regarding their planned gig in Israel from PACBI Dear Rolling Stones, The Palestinian arts community received in disbelief media reports of your upcoming performance in Israel, at a time when Israel continues unabated with its colonial and apartheid designs to further dispossess, oppress, and ultimately ethnically cleanse Palestinians…
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Occupation and the Mind
Exposing the damage done to the emotional health of Palestinians by the Israeli occupation by Dr Samah Jabr, The New Internationalist, May 2007 In Palestine the kind of war being waged needs to be understood in order to appreciate the psychological impact on this long-occupied population. The war is chronic and continuous, over the lifetime…
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The Cleansing of Artas- Continuing to Resist
From Um Salamuna to Artas- Big demo against the wall this Friday FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 23 May 2007 This coming Friday, May 25th the residents of the south of Bethlehem area will hold a large demonstration against the wall which separates them from Bethlehem and steals their lands. This week the struggle reached the village…
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Refusing to Kneel to the Occupation
by ISM Hebron, 22 May 2007 On the morning of Tuesday, May 22. two human rights workers (HRWs) witnessed a young Palestinian man being detained at the Israeli soldier post in the Tel Rumeida district of Hebron. The Israeli soldier at the post started to film the two HRWs with his camera-phone, directly in front…