Author: ISM Media Group
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Action Alert: Ask Veolia advisors to take a stand for Justice in Palestine!
from the Grassroots Palestinian Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign Connex / Veolia and Alstom are the international investors in the Citypass consortium that will build and run a light rail project in Jerusalem that incorporates a number of Jewish settlements around East Jerusalem, built on stolen Palestinian land. It ensures the contiguity of these colonies with the…
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House Demolitions Escalate
1. Two Jerusalem House Demolitions 2. Destroyed Homes in Walaja: “It’s always the same picture for us…” 3. Bil’in village land out of bounds for internationals 4. Amnesty International Calls For Human Rights Monitors in Palestine 5. Travel Warning – Bethlehem & Jerusalem, Occupied Palestine 6. Olive Harvest Reflections 7. Postcards from the Edge 8.…
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Anti-Wall Protesters Sit their Ground in Bil’in
by the ISM Media team, December 15th Today’s demonstration in Bil’in was relatively peaceful, with less violence from the soldiers than there has been in the past. However, they still used rubber bullets and tear gas to attack Palestinian youth who threw stones in defense of their village. Accompanied by around 15 international supporters and…
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“Welcome to Israel” – a trip down the Jordan Valley
by John, December 14th Today we had a trip down the Jordan valley which didn’t start too auspiciously for our Palestinian contact – he had just been delayed for two hours at a checkpoint. A soldier on the way through a checkpoint had drawn a star of david in the dust of the car. When…
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Haaretz: “IDF told to dismantle small barrier hampering Palestinians”
by Amos Harel, December 14th The High Court of Justice on Thursday ordered the Israel Defense Forces to dismantle a small barrier that runs along 41 km in the southern West Bank, following a petition submitted by Palestinian residents and the Association for Civil Rights in Israel. The 82 cm-high barrier was built along the…