Author: ISM Media Group

  • IWPS: Palestinian banker detained

    Young Haris banker detained by Beth, IWPS, 13 May 2007 When a young Ramallah bank employee returned home to Haris shortly after midnight on May 13, 2007, he was confronted by soldiers who suggested he was driving a stolen car and carrying stolen money. He was kept on the road for an hour and a…

  • Profiles of Peace & Israel’s War Games

    Profiles of Peace & Israel’s War Games 1. Israeli government demolishes village of Twail Abu-Jarwal 2. Excessive force in Bil’in leaves Palestinian in hospital with two operations 3. Village near Bethlehem protests against the Wall 4. Flee, Freedom Fighter, Flee 5. Profiles of Peace: Faces of Hope campaign 6. Setting Sail to Break the Siege…

  • To steal my land you must first break through us!

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 14 May 2007 “To steal my land you must first break through us!” Hebron, WEST BANK– The J’abri family has been routinely threatened and assaulted. Access to their land, located between the illegal Israeli settlement of Kiryat Arba and the Kiryat Hafut police station, has been prohibited by Israeli soldiers and settlers.…

  • Palestinians’ right to education is under seige

    Palestinians’ right to education is under siege from Australians for Palestine, 11 May 2007 Introduction The Palestinians have always placed a high value on education. Long before Israel was created, the Palestinians had excellent schools and an impressive list of intellectuals who had taken out degrees in Arab universities and the hallowed halls of learning…

  • Pushed into the Sea? Try pushed out of your neighborhood instead..

    by: Yifat Appelbaum Firas used to live in the old city of Hebron until 1 year ago when he and his whole family left as a result of the settler and soldier violence. He asked me to go with him to visit the old house, which his family still owns. He wanted to see what…