Author: ISM Media Group

  • IHT: Light through the wall

    By Fida Qishta Wednesday, January 30, 2008 Life in Rafah, Gaza’s southern-most city, has always been difficult. But the period since March 2006 has been the worst in my 25-year life. Israel placed Gaza under a siege after Hamas won the Palestinian elections and tightened the siege after Palestinians captured an Israeli soldier near Rafah…

  • IMC-Chicago: Hundreds Gather to Stand with Gaza and Protest Israeli War Machine

    For the original article with many pictures, click here: http://chicago.indymedia.org/newswire/display/81163/index.php http://chicago.indymedia.org/newswire/display/81168/index.php Hundreds of protesters rallied tonight in front of the Lakeshore Theatre on north Broadway to picket a benefit for the Friends of the Israeli Defense Force. The Chicago protest was initiated by ISM-Chicago and endorsed by the Palestine Solidarity Group, the West Suburban Faith-based…

  • Settlers Rain Stones and Urine on Palestinian Home and Street

    Sunday, January 27, 2008. This morning at around 10:30am, settlers from Beit Hadassah Settlement in Hebron city rained stones, bottles, urine and dirty water on their Palestinian neighbours. The attack continued sporadically for the next hour and a half. Shopkeepers on Old Shalalah St in the Bab Iz-Zawiyye neighbourhood reported that a number of youths…