Author: ISM Media Group

  • Turning the other cheek near Bethlehem

    by Kobi Snitz The first visible achievement of the non-violent resistance of the Ma’asara villages was visible even before the demonstration began. When people began preparing for the demonstration they noticed that, unlike previous Fridays, there was no construction today. The bulldozers were parked far away in their fenced lot and the security guards were…

  • Evening Tribune: ISM at Alfred Univeresity

    “Founder of non-violent Palestinian resistance movement speaks at AU” by Ryan Westerdahl, The Evening Tribune 12 April 2007 ALFRED – For Huwaida Arraf, a young woman who has stared down armed soldiers, a speaking engagement at Alfred University presented a different challenge – persuasion. Arraf, who spoke for more than an hour in AU’s Nevins…

  • Israeli Army shoots member of Brighton delegation with rubber bullet

    Israeli Army shoots member of Brighton delegation with rubber-coated steel bullet from Brighton Palestine Friday 13th April 2007 A 28 yr old Brighton man was shot in the arm today by a rubber bullet fired by the Israeli Army. He was on a weekly demonstration against Israel’s apartheid wall in Bil’in village, Palestine. For over…

  • AP: IOF Soldier suspended after forcing Palestinians to act as human shields

    Cooperation between Research Journalism Initiative and the International Solidarity Movement in publicizing video footage of Israeli soldiers forcing Palestinians to be human shields leads to a rare case of action against IOF officer IDF suspends officer over troops’ use of Palestinians as human shields By The Associated Press 13 April 2007 The Israel Defense Forces…

  • Israeli army shoots 15 at Prisoner’s Day demonstration in Bil’in

    Israeli army shoots 15 demonstrators with rubber-coated steel bullets in Bil’in by the ISM Media Team13 April 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE At least 15 demonstrators were injured today in the village of Bil’in. Israeli soldiers fired tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets at a crowd of Palestinian, Israeli, and internationals, who were non-violently resisting Israel’s…