Author: ISM Media Group
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Bil’in villager still in prison despite judge’s condemnation of IOF violence
by the ISM media team, February 12th Farhat Burnat, the Bil’in peace activist beaten and arrested at a demo 10 days ago remains in Ofer military detention centre tonight. After viewing video evidence last week the military judge ordered Farhat’s release but the IOF was given until Sunday to appeal this. This was then extended…
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Corvallis Gazette-Times: “Expanding his mission”
by Carol Reeves, February 11th CV grad dropped career to become a peace activist Protesting the Iraq war in front of the Benton County Courthouse is a far cry from seeking peace on the troubled streets of occupied cities and villages in the West Bank. Demonstrations in downtown Corvallis are rarely interrupted by anything worse…
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Hebron quieter on Day 5 of IOF invasions into H1
by ISM Hebron, February 11th Today IOF soldiers occupied the roofs of three high buildings overlooking the Bab al-Zawiyya market area in Palestinian controlled Hebron (H1). For the fifth day in a row soldiers have been entering this busy commercial part of the southern West Bank town. Their presence in the past few days has…
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As the International Community Remains Silent, Israeli Occupation Authorities Continue the Judaization of Occupied Arab Jerusalem
by the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, February 11th PCHR strongly condemns diggings conducted by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) in the vicinity of the al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Arab Jerusalem. PCHR further denounces the storming of the al-Aqsa Mosque and use of excessive force by IOF against hundreds of Palestinian civilians who attended the Friday…
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Illegal settlement expansion exposed on Bil’in village land
by the ISM media team, February 11th Villagers from Bil’in today accessed their land on the other side of the annexation barrier in order to plant trees. The Israeli Supreme Court had previously ruled that this land, which has been built on for the expansion of the illegal Matityahu East settlement, rightfully belongs to the…