Author: ISM Media Group
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Forty settlers freely trespass Palestinian property, Australian human rights volunteer arrested
1. Forty settlers freely trespass Palestinian property, Australian human rights volunteer arrested 2. Testimony from Detained Human Rights Defender 3. Israel has the right to defend herself 4. Action Alert: Ask Veolia advisors to take a stand for Justice in Palestine! 5. Action Alert – Hope Flowers School 6. Israeli denial of entry policy continues…
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IHT: “To live and let live, among the olive groves”
by Firas Aridah, December 22nd ABOUD, West Bank: For the 39th consecutive year, Palestinian Christians in towns and villages like Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Ramallah and Aboud will celebrate Christmas under Israeli military occupation. In Aboud, our hardships increased in October 2005, when the Israeli military issued confiscation orders to seize land owned by village residents to…
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Olive branches in Bil’in fail to quell IOF aggression
by the ISM media team, December 22nd Today’s weekly demo against the Apartheid Wall in Bilin saw some rare but welcome wet and overcast weather. Instead of the usual midday sun, clouds and drizzle accompanied the marchers on their route from the village mosque to the wall. The wet weather had the opposite effect of…
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Enclosing the village of ‘Azzun ‘Atmah and separating its residents from their farmland
by B’Tselem, December 19th ‘Azzun ‘Atmah, a village with 1,800 residents located southeast of Qalqiliya, lies three kilometers from the Green Line (Israel’s 1967 border). The settlement Sha’are Tikva was built just east of it, on lands belonging to residents of the village. The settlement breaks the territorial contiguity between the village and two neighboring…
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Palestine Times: “Defiant villagers united in face of violent occupation”
by Asa Winstanley, December 18th The demonstration is small but feisty. Accompanied by around 15 international supporters and a few Israeli stalwarts, the inhabitants of Bil’in, a village in the West Bank near Ramallah, voice their protest against the Israeli Wall and settlements that threaten their village. Chanting Arabic slogans and demanding in Hebrew that…