Author: ISM Media Group

  • The Independent: “Art from Gaza and the West Bank: Gallery of a troubled nation”

    by Donald Macintyre, March 13th The Palestinian answer to Charles Saatchi pursues the elusive dream of a permanent home for his unique but unheralded collection Mazen Qupty had always planned to study film – the seventh art as he calls it. Yet the irony is that if he hadn’t reluctantly taken a friend’s advice to…

  • Tree planting in East Hebron village

    by ISM Hebron, March 11th Human rights workers (HRWs) from Tel Rumeida were asked to accompany a farmer and help him plant trees on land near Bani Na’im east of Hebron. The tree planning was organized by the Centre for Democracy in Hebron, working with Wa’ad. The land has three large water pools constructed by…

  • Demo Against Hebron Street Closure

    by ISM Hebron, March 12th The Palestinian Popular Committee (PPC) for Hebron called a demonstration at 10 am today to protest the continued closure of Shuhada St., the main route through the city centre. About 30 people gathered in their offices and marched with flags and placards through the Bab Azzawiya market area to the…

  • Jaffa house demolition prevented, threat still pending

    by Anarchists Against the Wall, March 11th A massive demolition wave was about to begin today with the destruction of a building that is home to a family of five. The family was able to get a judge to issue a 14-day injunction early in the morning, after spending the night barricaded in the house…

  • Tree planting as popular resistance in the Jordan Valley

    by Jamil al-Husni It is surely a celebration. Everyone is bustling about, preparing for the day’s activities. But it is different than a typical celebration. Instead of carrying brightly colored drinks and holding plates of food, people are carrying shovels and pick-axes to plant seedlings as part of a plan to grow trees throughout the…