Author: ISM Media Group

  • PNN: “Palestinian nonviolent protest at checkpoint as Israeli soldiers beat student”

    by Ali Samoudi, December 20th On Wednesday Israeli forces occupying Al Hamra Checkpoint in Jenin confiscated the identity cards of hundreds of Palestinians, detaining them for five hours. While the soldiers were confiscating identification and detaining citizens, a young man spoke to the soldiers while others shouted to stop oppressing students. Eyewitnesses report that an…

  • Israel has the right to defend herself

    by John, December 18th “Israel is a democracy and a friend and has every right to defend itself from terror.” George Bush, May 2004 I had a tour of Hebron today going a bit further than the Tel Rumeida settlement. But we did pass through this area – it turns out that the soldiers often…

  • Ynet: “Palestinian: Soldiers invaded my home to nap”

    by Ali Waked, December 19th Resident of Palestinian village forced to empty his home to accommodate over 20 soldiers for some 15 hours supposedly to carry out observation. Palestinian claims soldiers ‘just went to sleep’ A resident of the Palestinian village of Salem near Nablus was forced to accommodate 20 soldiers for 15 hours in…

  • Testimony from Detained Human Rights Defender

    by Mary, December 18th There have been four occasions in the last two and a half months when the Israeli army and police have helped and encouraged Israeli settlers to trespass on Palestinian land. This is against Israeli law. The aim is probably to help Israeli settlers establish a bridgehead on Palestinian land so that…

  • Checkpoint Humiliation

    The other day as we were travelling through Zatara checkpoint between Ramallah and Nablus, I witnessed a particularly disgusting display of power by the Israeli army. An extremely public humiliation of a woman, who was taken out of a shared taxi and had her ID and phone removed. She was fighting back the tears, trying…